Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. Khalil Gibran on art
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Khalil Gibran on art
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. Khalil Gibran on attitude
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. Khalil Gibran on beauty
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. Khalil Gibran on beauty
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Khalil Gibran on beauty
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. Khalil Gibran on business
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. Khalil Gibran on death
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Khalil Gibran on death
If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved. Khalil Gibran on death
Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Khalil Gibran on dreams
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. Khalil Gibran on dreams
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. Khalil Gibran on dreams
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Khalil Gibran on dreams
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. Khalil Gibran on equality
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. Khalil Gibran on experience
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Khalil Gibran on faith
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. Khalil Gibran on faith
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever. Khalil Gibran on faith
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking. Khalil Gibran on faith