“ And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:Your seeds shall live in my body,And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,And your fragrance shall be my breath,And… Kahlil Gibran
“ I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. Kahlil Gibran
“ When a man kills another man, the people say he is a murderer, but when the Emir kills him, the Emir is just. When a man robs a monastery, they say he is a thief, but when the Emir robs him of his lif… Kahlil Gibran
“ But you, children of space, you restless in rest, you shall not be trapped nor tamed. Kahlil Gibran
“ Imagination sees the complete reality, - it is where past, present and future meet... Imagination is limited neither to the reality which is apparent - nor to one place. It lives everywhere. It is at… Kahlil Gibran
“ Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife. Kahlil Gibran
“ My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear-a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence. The I in me, my friend, dwells in the house of… Kahlil Gibran
“ Oftentimes have I heard you speak of one who commits a wrong as though he were not one of you, but a stranger unto you and an intruder upon your world.But I say that even as the holy and the righteous… Kahlil Gibran
“ In the summer heat the reapers say, We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair. Kahlil Gibran
“ Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive. Kahlil Gibran
“ My house says to me, "Do not leave me, for here dwells your past."And the road says to me, "Come and follow me, for I am your future."And I say to both my house and the road, "I have no past, nor have… Kahlil Gibran
“ 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 Kahlil Gibran
“ Long ago you were a dream in your mother's sleep, and then she awoke to give you birth. Kahlil Gibran
“ When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, "Mayhap he sought escape from something still more… Kahlil Gibran
