Kahlil Gibran

Was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist; he was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title.

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Was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist; he was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
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.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
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.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.