Quotes

By Khalil Gibran

I am very thankful to my friend who sent me these to read on December 10th, 2008. :)

"Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood."

"All that spirits desire, spirits attain."

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity."

"And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy."

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."

"Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow."

"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."

"I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art."

"Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being."

"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents."

"God has placed in each soul a true guide to the light, but man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him. "

"When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you."

“Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.” And when you start losing trust on your love, then is when the first crack appears in a relationship. If you can’t trust you partner, happiness is gone forever."

"Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations."

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked... The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed."