Each thing that exists remains forever,
and that very existence of existence
is proof of its eternity. But without that
realization, which is the knowledge of perfect
being, man would never know whether there was
existence or non-existence. If eternal existence
is altered, then it must become more beautiful;
and if it disappears, it must return with more
sublime image; and if it sleeps, it must dream of
a better awakening, for it is ever
greater upon its rebirth.
Kahlil Gibran

Darkness may hide the trees
and the flowers from the eyes
but it cannot hide love from the soul.
Kahlil Gibran

Man cannot reap love until after
sad and revealing separation,
and bitter patience,
and desperate hardship.
Kahlil Gibran

Love is God's greatest gift to man,
For it never will be taken from the
Blessed one who loves.
Kahlil Gibran

Love lies in the soul alone,
Not in the body, and like wine
Should stimulate our better self
To welcome gifts of Love Divine.
Kahlil Gibran

Beauty is not in the face;
Beauty is a light in the heart.
Kahlil Gibran

In the house of Ignorance
there is no mirror
in which to view your soul.
Kahlil Gibran

The people of the city abuse the wine of Time,
For they think upon it as a temple,
And they drink of it with ease and
With unthinking, and they flee,
Scurrying into old age with deep
But unknowing sorrow.
Kahlil Gibran

Life is an enchantress
Who seduces us with her beauty~
But he who knows her wiles
Will flee her enchantment.
Kahlil Gibran

When you tell your troubles to your neighbor
you present him with a part of your heart.
If he possesses a great soul, he thanks you;
if he possesses a small one,
he belittles you.
Kahlil Gibran

Madness is the first step towards
unselfishness. Be mad and tell us what is
behind the veil of "sanity."
The purpose of life is to bring us closer
to those secrets, and madness is the only means.
Kahlil Gibran

Destiny
Man possesses a destiny
Which impels his thoughts and
Actions and words, and that not
Sufficing, directs his footsteps to
A place of unwilling abode.
Kahlil Gibran

I use hate as a weapon
to defend myself;
had I been strong,
I would never have needed
that kind of weapon.
Kahlil Gibran

He who does not prefere exile to slavery
is not free by any measure of freedom,
truth and duty.
Kahlil Gibran

Not everyone in chains is subdued;
At times, a chain is greater than a necklace.
Kahlil Gibran

Man is like the foam of the sea,
that floats upon the surface of the water.
When the wind blows, it vanishes,
as if it had never been.
Thus are our lives blown away by Death.
Kahlil Gibran

The soul is an embryo in the body of
Man, and the day of death is the
Day of awakening, for it is the
Great era of labour and the rich
Hour of creation.
Kahlil Gibran

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.
Kahlil Gibran

Only those return to Eternity
Who on earth seek out Eternity.
Kahlil Gibran

Husband
Are you a husband who regards the wrongs he
has committed as lawful, but those of his
wife as unlawful? If so, you are like those
extinct savages who lived in caves and covered
their nakedness with hides.
Or are you a faithful companion, whose wife is
ever at his side; sharing his every thought,
rapture, and victory? If so you are as one
who at dawn walks at the head of a nation
toward the high noon of justice,
reason and wisdom.
Kahlil Gibran

He who repeats what he does not understand
is no better than an ass that is loaded down
with books.
Kahlil Gibran

Are you a journalist who sells his principles
in the markets of slaves and who fattens on gossip
and misfortune and crime? If so, you are like a
ravenous vulture preying upon rotting carrion.
Kahlil Gibran

When you tell your troubles to your neighbor
you present him with a part of your heart.
If he posseses a great soul, he thanks you;
if he posseses a small one,
he belittles you.
Kahlil Gibran

Society
Is of naught but clamor and woe
And strife.
She is but the web of
The Spider,
the tunnel of the mole
Kahlil Gibran

You may chain my hands and shackle my feet;
you may even throw me into a dark prison,
but you shall not enslave my thinking
because it is free.
Kahlil Gibran

Life without love is like a tree
without blossom and fruit.
Kahlil Gibran

It is wrong to think that love 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 for years
or even generations.
Kahlil Gibran

Love is a magic ray
emitted from the burning core
of the soul and illuminating
the surrounding earth.

It enables us to perceive life
as a beautiful dream between
one awakening and another.
Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Ship
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Love
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Marriage Children
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Giving Eating Drinking
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Work Joy Sorrow
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Houses Clothes Buying Selling
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Crime Punishment and Laws
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Freedom Reason Passion Pain
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Self Knowledge Friendship Teaching Talking
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Time Prayer Good Evil
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Beauty Pleasure
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet Death Religion and Farewell