Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Experience, ScarsKahlil GibranTo understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Heart, Mind & Apprehension, DesireKahlil GibranLove knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
Love, Breakup, Seperation & BreakupKahlil GibranAnd think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.
LoveKahlil GibranThe sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light. But it is night that raises them to the stars.
Desire, Sun, NightKahlil GibranMusic is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.
MusicKahlil GibranSolitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
Solitude & Being AloneKahlil GibranEvery winter contains a quivering spring and behind the curtain of every night there's a smilling morning.
Spring, MorningKahlil GibranYou are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
Children & Childhood, Family, ParentsKahlil GibranTrust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Kahlil GibranYour pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Kahlil GibranFriendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Kahlil GibranSeven times I have 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 forbode 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.