Quotes from Khalil Gibran

Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love.

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

I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of the living to the dead; I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

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

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

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

Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.

The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.

God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.

Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.

The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.

If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.

Love is the veil between lover and lover.

The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.

All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.

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

The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.