Khalil Gibran

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only…

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to…

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it…

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity…

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be…

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane…

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing…

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

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds…

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge…

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit…

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life…

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on…

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved…

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than…