An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of
the matter seems to lie between us.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
Seven times have I despised my soul:
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain
height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard
and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself
that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed
her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and
knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed
it a virtue.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the
other half may reach you.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
When two women talk they say nothing; when one woman speaks
she reveals all of life.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
Every dragon gives birth to a St. George who slays it.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. We fell
them down and turn them into paper that we may record our emptiness.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |
We often borrow from our tomorrows to pay our debts to our
yesterdays.
Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet, On Giving |
It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.
Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam |