“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.”

— Kahlil Gibran · Wisdom 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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Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; for love is sufficient unto love.

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

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

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

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