Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam
14 quotes
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky."
"It takes two of us to discover truth: one to utter it and one to understand it."
"A woman protested saying, "Of course it was a righteous war. My son fell in it."."
"Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues."
"Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness."
"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."
"Long ago you were a dream in your mother's sleep, and then she awoke to give you birth."
"You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept."
"You may judge others only according to your knowledge of yourself."
"Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do."
"There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing."
"Some of our children are our justifications and some are but our regrets."
"You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge."
"Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem"