Quotes by Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran was born in what is now Lebanon and emigrated to the United States as a boy. His book The Prophet, written in English and published in 1923, has been translated into dozens of languages. He was also a painter.
Say not, “I have found the truth,” but rather, “I have found a truth.”
Work is love made visible.
Your children are not your children. / They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.