70 Khalil Gibran Quotes About Life and Inner Peace

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.

Hearts that are united through the medium of sorrow will not be separated by the glory of happiness.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

Life is not only merriment, It is desire and determination.

A man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

A great singer is he who sings our silences.

A sense of humor is a sense of proportion.

A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes.

Man’s needs change, but not his love, nor his desire that his love should satisfy his needs.

No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raises hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.

The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

All these things shall love to do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of life’s heart.