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

“You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.”

“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”

“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”

“Die Einsicht eines Menschen verleiht ihre Flügel keinem anderen.”

“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.”

““But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:”

“It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find patience enough in yourself to endure, and simplicity enough to believe; that you may acquire more and more confidence in that which is difficult, and in your solitude among others. And for the rest, let life happen to you. Believe me: life is right, in any case.”

“We must all be allowed our moments of insanity and senselessness. Without them, what sort of dull, lifeless creatures would we be?”

“Everyone I have lost”

“to live in this world”

“At first first nothing will happen to us”

“La verdad es como una manta que nos deja los pies fríos. Ya puede uno tirar de ella hacia sí en todos los sentidos, que nunca nos cubrirá del todo. Sacudidla, tirad de ella, mas nunca será suficiente. Desde el día en que se viene al mundo, llorando, a aquel a quien se le entrega, agonizante, no puede hacer más que cubrirse con ella la cabeza y gemir, llorar o aullar.”