
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist best known for The Prophet, a book of poetic essays that has been widely translated and influential.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Bsharri
- Educated at
- Académie Julian
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were."
"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 sou…"
"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
"It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be crea…"
"But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.To know the pain of too much tenderness.To be wounded by y…"
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Timeline
1922
Born
Birth2008
Died
Death
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