Wisdom Quote by Kahlil Gibran — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Say not, “I have found the truth,” but rather, “I have found a truth.”

“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”

“Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion.”

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.”

“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”

“Tout bonheur est un chef-d'oeuvre: la moindre erreur le fausse, la moindre hésitation l'altère, la moindre lourder le dépare, la moindre sottise l'abêtit.”

“We built machines to answer every question, but forgot to ask what it means to be human.”

“The team that keeps winning is not the most talented but the most hard-working.”

“Fatherhood to us was an act of passion, soon forgot; but not to Orem ap Avonap. Never guessing that the blond and happy farmer was no blood of his, Orem had taken a part of that simple man into himself and saved it for this time. At any time in the Palace he might run by, Youth on this shoulders or, as time went by, toddling along behind.”

“For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible. With a single stroke we are freed from bondage; nothing clings to us and we hold nothing. All is empty, clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power.”