meditations of kahlil gibran
Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your life.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
One just man causes the devil greater affliction than a million blind believers.
He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred may neither understand you nor know your worth.
Our appearance, our words, our actions are never greater than ourselves. For the soul is our house; our eyes its windows; and our words its messengers.
The riches of the spirit beautify the face of man and give birth to sympathy and respect. The spirit in every being is made manifest in the eyes, the countenance, and in all bodily movements and gestures.
Every beauty and greatness in this world is created by a single thought or emotion inside a man.
Love is the only freedom in the world because it elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its cause.
Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which exists between a man and a woman.
He who does not see the angels and the devils in the beauty and the malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow. Solitude is the ally of sorrow as well as a companion of spiritual exaltation.
Knowledge and understanding are life’s faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.
The true wealth of a nation lies not in its gold or silver but in its learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.
Everything that a man does secretly in the darkness of night will be clearly revealed in daylight.
It is wrong to think that loves comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created in years or even generations.
He who embraces the dawn of truth with his inner eyes will ever be ecstatic, like murmuring brook.
The spirit is not born to perish, but ever will thrive and flourish.
For love, all of existence is an eternal sunshine.
We walk too slowly toward the awakening of our spiritual elevation, and on that plane, as endless as the firmament, is the understanding of the beauty of existence through our affection and love for that beauty.
From a sensitive woman’s heart springs the happiness of mankind, and from the kindness of her noble spirit comes mankind’s affection.
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
The true light is that which emanates from within man, and reveals the secrets of the heart to the soul, making it happy and contented with life.
All on earth, seen and unseen, is spiritual only.
The person who is limited in heart and thought is inclined to love that which is limited in life.
The eternal soul is never contented; it ever seeks exaltation.
The flower looks up high to see only the light, and never looks down to see its shadow. This is a wisdom which man must learn.
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