Reads tagged with “Kahlil Gibran”
Kahlil Gibran on Befriending Time
“The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness, and knows… that that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.”
Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself
“In much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.”
Kahlil Gibran on Friendship and the Building Blocks of Meaningful Connection
“In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
Kahlil Gibran on the Courage to Weather the Uncertainties of Love
“Think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.”
Lebanese-American Painter, Poet, and Philosopher Kahlil Gibran on Why We Create
“There is no deeper desire than the desire of being revealed. We all want that little light in us to be taken from under the bushel.”
The Best of Brain Pickings 2019
Love, poetry, friendship, solitude, and lots of trees.
On Children: Poignant Parenting Advice from Kahlil Gibran
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself… 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…”
The Best of Brain Pickings 2018
The splendors of the unknown, the uncertain, and the unclassifiable, truth and beauty at the intersection of poetry and science, the timeless tangles of the heart.
Beloved Lebanese-American Poet and Philosopher Kahlil Gibran on America, New York, and Jewishness
“America is far greater than what people think; her Destiny is strong and healthy and eager.”
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