Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom Quotes

“Humanity whispers to me from among its heaps of gold and silver, but it will find me only by coming to the house of simplicity, which God has built at the brink of the stream of affection.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“We often borrow from our tomorrows to pay debts to our yesterdays.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“You yourselves are king. When you deemed me weak and a misruler, you yourselves were weak and misruling. And now the land fares well because it is in your will. I am but a thought in the mind of you all, and I do not exist except in your actions. There is no such person as a governor. Only the governed exist to govern themselves.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“between the frown of the tiger and the smile of the wolf, the flock perishes.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“People naturally group together in
communities as do many other species. How
do we create associations that benefit us, rather
than place us in chains—in body or thought?
What would a healthy government, religious
organization, legal system, or nation-state
actually look like?”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“You are the bows from which your children, as living arrows, are sent forth.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“Every person is the descendant of every king and every slave that ever lived.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“Wit is often a mask. If you could tear it away, you would find either a genius irritated or cleverness juggling. And only when jugglers miss catching the ball do they appeal to me.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“When you work with love you bind yourself to yourself and to one another and to God.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“In truth the other person is your most sensitive self given another body.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too full of its self to seek other than itself.”
― Kahlil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Wisdom