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Kahlil Gibran

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Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān (Arabic: جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist. He was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages.

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Quotes from Kahlil Gibran

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

—Kahlil Gibran

Work is love made visible.

—Kahlil Gibran

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

—Kahlil Gibran

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?

—Kahlil Gibran

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

—Kahlil Gibran

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

—Kahlil Gibran

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

—Kahlil Gibran

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

—Kahlil Gibran

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

—Kahlil Gibran

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

—Kahlil Gibran

You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth. For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life's procession, that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite.

—Kahlil Gibran

To love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret.

—Kahlil Gibran

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

—Kahlil Gibran

It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

—Kahlil Gibran

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.

—Kahlil Gibran