Khalil Quotes

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

Only love and death will change all things.

A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.

In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is healed or dead.

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born

I have pondered long, and I know now that only the pure of heart forgive the thirst that leads to dead waters. And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.

Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder.

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.

All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

I came here to be for all and with all, and what I do today in my solitude will be echoed tomorrow by the multitude. What I say now with one heart will be said tomorrow by thousands of hearts.

Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.

Do not keep crying when your love has been gone. You only need Smile because he had been given you the opportunity to meet someone who is better.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts.

You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind.

Your friend is your needs answered.

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.

Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

I learnt silence from the talkative

If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed a man of little worth and will remain such till Judgment Day.

The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.

Darkness is dawn not yet born.

If any of you would bring judgment the unfaithful wife, let him also weight the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul with measurements.

A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.

The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.

Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other.

Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

Give and Take... For to the bee a flower is a fountain if life And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.

The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know...