105 quotes
Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery.
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.
Sand and Foam (1926)
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor.
Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran (1962)
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
Sand and Foam (1926)
All these things shall love do unto you
that you may know the secrets of your heart,
and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
The Prophet (1923)
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
The Prophet (1923)
Master, Master Poet,
Master of our silent desires,
The heart of the world quivers with the throbbing of your heart,
But it burns not with your song.
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
And their music smote heaven and earth, and a terror struck all living things.
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
Many indeed are the owls who know no song unlike their own hooting.
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
Love is a sacred mystery.
To those who love, it remains forever wordless;
But to those who do not love, it may be but a heartless jest.
You are your own forerunner, and the towers you have builded are but the foundation of your giant-self. And that self too shall be a foundation.
The Forerunner (1920)
All that you see was and is for your sake. The numerous books, uncanny markings, and beautiful thoughts are the ghosts of souls who preceded you.
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
I was dead. I was a woman who had divorced her soul.
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you.
Sand and Foam (1926)
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
Space is not space between the earth and the sun to one who looks down from the windows of the Milky Way.
If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.
Sand and Foam (1926)
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.