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

“Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.”

“Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of a people who say every sort of wicked thing about me because I sacrificed their friendship to gain my own soul. I left the dark paths of their duplicity and turned my eyes toward the light where there is salvation, truth, and justice. They have exiled me now from their society, yet I am content. Mankind only exiles the one whose large spirit rebels against injustice and tyranny. He who does not prefer exile to servility is not free in the true and necessary sense of freedom.”

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”

“Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.”

“Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.”

“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.”

“I have clung”

“my dear, I have nothing to say.”

“Water, water, everywhere,”

“You do not know how much they mean to me, my friends,”

“…be awake to the Life”

“I worry there is something broken in our generation,”