Quotes from Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

It takes two of us to discover truth: one to utter it and one to understand it.

A woman protested saying, "Of course it was a righteous war. My son fell in it.".

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prints, And the wind will blow away the foam, But the sea and the shore will remain forever.