Kahlil Gibran also known as Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Syria), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. While most of Gibran's early writings were in Arabic, most of his work published after 1918 was in English. He is chiefly known for his 1923 book The Prophet, a series of philosophical essays written in English prose. Much of Gibran's writings deal with Christianity, especially on the topic of spiritual love. Gibran was primarily known for his writing on spiritual love. His poetry is notable for its use of formal language, as well as insights on topics of life using spiritual terms. He is the third bestselling poet in history after William Shakespeare and Lao Tse. Here are some of his quotes. They will give you a peek into the man he was.
Kahlil Gibran Quotes
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Love is trembling happiness.
Love is resolution added to my being, linking my present to generations past and future.
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
Passionate love is a quenchless thirst
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.
When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
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.
Love.. it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.
The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements, compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love.
Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure.
Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.