Top 500 Khalil Gibran Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.”

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302. “Death changes nothing but the mask that covers our faces.”

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303. “If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.”

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304. “He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.”

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305. “The philosopher’s soul dwells in his head, the poet’s soul is in his heart; the singer’s soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.”

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306. “They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.”

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307. “If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.”

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308. “Comfort comes into your house first as guest, then as a host, then finally as the master.”

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309. “The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.”

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310. “A root is a flower that disdains fame.”

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311. “God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind.”

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312. “I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.”

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313. “Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.”

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314. “And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.”

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315. “You who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.”

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316. “But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.”

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317. “Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.”

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318. “Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will; the saddened soul with sadness hides it’s secrets, and the gay, with thrill.”

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319. “Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.”

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320. “Life is weaker than Death and Death is weaker than Truth.”

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321. “Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, ‘Who are you?’”

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322. “But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you?”

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323. “The feelings we live through in love and in loneliness are simply, for us, what high tide and low tide are to the sea.”

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324. “Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness.”

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325. “In the mouth of Society are many diseased teeth, decayed to the bones of the jaws. But Society makes no effort to have them extracted and be rid of the affliction. It contents itself with gold fillings.”

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326. “He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.”

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327. “The sea that calls all things unto her cals me, and I must embark.”

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328. “The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.”

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329. “Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.”

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330. “He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering.”

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331. “As one’s gifts increase, his friends decrease.”

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332. “The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is healed or dead.”

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333. “Give me an ear and I will give you a Voice...”

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334. “A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but the face which, in silence, does not announce hidden mysteries is not beautiful, regardless of the symmetry of its features.”

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335. “You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. 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.”

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336. “Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.”

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337. “And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree.”

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338. “The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.”

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339. “Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts.”

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

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341. “Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.”

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342. “God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.”

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343. “Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.”

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344. “You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet; you may even throw me into a dark prison; but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free!”

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345. “God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them.”

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346. “You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.”

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347. “When God created Man, he gave him Music as a language different from all other languages. And early man sang his glory in the wilderness; and drew the hearts of kings and moved them from their thrones.”

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348. “I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.”

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349. “Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.”

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350. “Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.”

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