Kahlil Gibran

About Kahlil Gibran

1883 - 1931/Male/LebaneseAn artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League, wrote in a romantic style at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature.

Selected Quotes

I am a kind word uttered and repeatedBy the voice of Nature;

— Kahlil Gibran

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Poetry & Stories

Children
And a woman who held a babe against her ***** said, "Speak to us ofChildren."And he said:Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.They come through you but not from you,And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.You may give them your love but not your thoughts.For they have their own thoughts.You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit,
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The Poet VIII
He is a link between this and the coming world.He is
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Song of the Flower XXIII
I am a kind word uttered and repeatedBy the voice of Nature;
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On Laws (The Prophet, Chapter 13)
Then a lawyer said, "But what of our Laws, master?"And he answered:You delight in laying down laws,
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About Kahlil Gibran

1883 - 1931/Male/LebaneseAn artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League, wrote in a romantic style at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature.

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Who is Kahlil Gibran?

1883 - 1931/Male/LebaneseAn artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League, wrote in a romantic style at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature.

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