Kahlil Gibranauthor profile |
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| born | December 13, 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| died | April 10, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gender | male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Lebanon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| website | http://leb.net/~mira/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Poetry, Literature & Fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese - American artist, poet and writer. He was born in Lebanon (at the time a Syrian Province of the Ottoman Empire) and spent most of his life in the United States. He is the third bestselling poet in history after Shakespeare and Lao Tse. His name is sometimes also spelled Khalil Gibran, or Gibran Khalil Gibran. |
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books by Kahlil Gibrancombine editionsavg rating: 4.01 | 9799 ratings | 287 distinct works
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quotes by Kahlil Gibran
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow."
— Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet)
— Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet)
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. "
— Kahlil Gibran
— Kahlil Gibran
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pride
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