And one of the elders of the city, said, speak to us of good and evil. And he answered :You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good.

— Kahlil Gibran

And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

— Kahlil Gibran

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.

— Kahlil Gibran

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.

— Kahlil Gibran

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

— Kahlil Gibran

Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.

— Kahlil Gibran

Art thou like me, child of my darkest heart? And dost thou think my untamed thoughts and speak my vast language?” “Yea, we are twin brothers, O, Night; for thou revealest space and I reveal my soul.

— Kahlil Gibran

A sense of humor is a sense of proportion.

— Kahlil Gibran

As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music.

— Kahlil Gibran

A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings.

— Kahlil Gibran