When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Kahlil Gibran quote Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
Kahlil Gibran quote Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfful to seek other than itself.
Kahlil Gibran quote What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
Kahlil Gibran quote What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
Kahlil Gibran quote We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble.
Kahlil Gibran quote To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Kahlil Gibran quote The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
Kahlil Gibran quote Biography
Lebanese writer and painter, 1883-1931
