Khalil Gibran Quotes

There is a certain serenity and calmness attached to these Khalil Gibran quotes that will refresh your soul. Take a breath and enjoy.

Born in 1883, Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese poet, writer and artist who immigrated with his parents to Boston at the age of 12. He returned to his homeland to studying in 1898, within 6 years he had lost his Mother, sister and half-brother to illness.

Gibran settled in New York in 1911, his work is written in both Arabic and English, the most popular being 'The Prophet' published in 1923.

Khalil Gibran died on April 10th 1931 from cancer. He is buried in his homeland at the Mar Sarkis monastery, where here there is a museum dedicated to his work.

17 Inspirational Khalil Gibran Quotes

1:

"And forget not that the earth
delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair."

- Khalil Gibran

2:

"Trust in dreams,
for in them is the hidden gate to eternity."

- Khalil Gibran

3:

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention."

- Khalil Gibran

4:

"I love you when you bow in your mosque,
kneel in your temple, pray in your church.
For you and I are sons of one religion,
and it is the spirit."

- Khalil Gibran

5:

"One's own religion is after all
a matter between oneself and one's Maker
and no one else's."

- Khalil Gibran

6:

"Your living is determined not so much by
what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life;
not so much by what happens to you
as by the way your mind looks at what happens."

- Khalil Gibran

7:

"Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity."

- Khalil Gibran

8:

"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns;
the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose."

- Khalil Gibran

9:

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."

- Khalil Gibran

10:

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, 
you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

- Khalil Gibran

11:

"All work is empty save when there is love,
for work is love made visible."

- Khalil Gibran

12:

"If you love somebody, let them go,
for if they return, they were always yours.
If they don't, they never were."

 - Khalil Gibran

13:

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them."

 - Khalil Gibran

14:

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."

- Khalil Gibran

15:

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls;
the most massive characters are seared with scars."

- Khalil Gibran

16:

"To understand the heart and mind of a person,
look not at what he has already achieved,
but at what he aspires to."

- Khalil Gibran

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