Khalil Gibran – Children Chapter IV

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."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...

Khalil Gibran – Death XXVII

Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."And he said:You would know the secret of death.But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.If you would indeed behold...

Kahlil Gibran – Self-Knowledge XVII

And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge." And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge. You would know in words that which you have always know in thought. You...

Kahlil Gibran – Song of the Soul XXII

In the depth of my soul there isA wordless song - a song that livesIn the seed of my heart.It refuses to melt with ink onParchment; it engulfs my affectionIn a transparent cloak and flows,But not upon my lips.How can I sigh it? I fear it mayMingle with earthly ether;To whom shall...

Kahlil Gibran – Song of Man XXV

I was here from the moment of theBeginning, and here I am still. AndI shall remain here until the endOf the world, for there is noEnding to my grief-stricken being.I roamed the infinite sky, andSoared in the ideal world, andFloated through the firmament. ButHere I am, prisoner of...