Thread by @BaytAlFann

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

A thread

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