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

“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun?”

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

“You are my brother and I love you. I love you worshipping in your church, kneeling in your temple, and praying in your mosque. You and I and all are children of one religion, for the varied paths of religion are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being, extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, anxious to receive all.”

“The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;”

“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.”

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

“I’ll let you into my heart”

“And when we tell ourselves we have reached the paroxysm of horror, blood and flouted laws of poetry that consecrates revolt, we obliged to advance still further into an endless vertigo.”

“I don't believe in God today.”

“And watch two men washing clothes,”

“Wise wretch! with pleasures too refined to please,”

“Every poem I write falls short in some important way. But I go on trying to write the one that won’t.”