“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”

— Kahlil Gibran · Action quote

Writer and poet · 1883 – 1931

Lebanese-American writer and poet, best known for The Prophet (1923), one of the best-selling books of all time.

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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

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.

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

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

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.