Quotes from Kahlil Gibran

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.

The best of men is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

The light of the stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So is it with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personality.

The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.

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

The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.

The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

The truly religious man does not embrace a religion and he who embraces one has no religion.

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.

They deem me mad for I will not sell my days for gold; I deem them mad for they think my days have a price.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

To be closer to God, be closer to people.

To realize that prophecy in the people is like fruit in the tree is to know the unity of life.

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

Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts.

We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dreams.