
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.Kahlil Gibran
10 quotes by Kahlil Gibran on the subject of life, collected from across the QuotePlace library. If you came looking for Kahlil Gibran's thinking on life specifically, rather than everything Kahlil Gibran ever said, this is the page. About the author: Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) — Writer and poet.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.Kahlil Gibran

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.Kahlil Gibran

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.Kahlil Gibran

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.Kahlil Gibran

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

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.Kahlil Gibran

Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.Kahlil Gibran

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.Kahlil Gibran

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.Kahlil Gibran

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.Kahlil Gibran