About Khalil Gibran

Khalil Gibran (born Gubran Khalil Gubran bin Mikhā'īl bin Sa'ad; Arabic جبران خليل جبران بن ميکائيل بن سعد, January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) also known as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of the Ottoman Mount Lebanon mutasarrifate), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. He is chiefly known for his 1923 book The Prophet, a series of philosophical essays written in English prose. An early example of Inspirational fiction, the book sold well despite a cool critical reception, and became extremely popular in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is considered to be the third most widely read poet in history, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.

Quotes of Khalil Gibran

• A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
• A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
• Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
• An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
• And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
• And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
• Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
• But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
• Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.
• Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
• Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
• Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
• For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
• Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
• Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
• I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
• If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.
• If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.
• If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
• If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.