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Kahlil Gibran on Love

1883–1931 Lebanon

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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)

And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

The Prophet (1923)

And is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless?

The Prophet (1923)

Love has power that dispels Death; charm that conquers the enemy.

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.

The Prophet (1923)

He stood up and looked at me even as the seasons might look down upon the field, and He smiled. And He said again: "All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself."

Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)

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)

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)

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.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.

The Prophet (1923)

We who love Him beheld Him with these our eyes which He made to see; and we touched Him with these our hands which He taught to reach forth.

Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)

Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

The Prophet (1923)

My enemy said to me, "Love your enemy." And I obeyed him and loved myself.

I would tell you more of Him, but how shall I?
When love becomes vast love becomes wordless.
And when memory is overladen it seeks the silent deep.

Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)

Travel and tell no one. Have a true love story and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things.

Misattributed

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

Misattributed

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kahlil Gibran (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.