Lebanese Poet Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) is renowned for ushering in a renaissance of modern Arabic literature. His work inspires people across the world, & is influenced by his Christian faith & the mysticism of Sufism
Here are 24 Khalil Gibran quotes #MondayMotivation
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1/ ‘Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit’
― Khalil Gibran
2/ ‘I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers’
― Khalil Gibran
3/ ‘Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream’
― Khalil Gibran
4/ ‘And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation’
― Khalil Gibran
5/ ‘Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity’
― Khalil Gibran
6/ ‘Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children’
― Khalil Gibran
7/ ‘Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost’
― Khalil Gibran
8/ ‘Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need’
― Khalil Gibran
9/ ‘To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice’
― Khalil Gibran
10/ ‘When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight’
― Khalil Gibran
11/ ‘Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit’
― Khalil Gibran
12/ ‘Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being’
― Khalil Gibran
13/ ‘Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself’
― Khalil Gibran
14/ ‘Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be’
― Khalil Gibran
15/ ‘If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were’
― Khalil Gibran
16/ ‘If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees’
― Khalil Gibran
17/ ‘There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward’
― Khalil Gibran
18/ ‘You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give’
― Khalil Gibran
19/ ‘I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires’
― Khalil Gibran
20/ ‘You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts’
― Khalil Gibran
21/ ‘One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life’
― Khalil Gibran
22/ ‘We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side’
― Khalil Gibran
23/ ‘The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention’
― Khalil Gibran
24/ ‘You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept’
― Khalil Gibran
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