Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Kahlil Gibran Quotes
WisdomEmpathyHumility Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
DeathDisregardAlienation Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
Self-knowledgeSelf-discoveryIntrospection Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
PainHealingSelf-HealingInner StrengthGrowth Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
BeautyTruthLoveLabor Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
PerseveranceProgressCourageSelf-Improvement March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
LoveFreedomIndependenceSpace But 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 souls.
HumanityDivinityImmortalityResilience Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
LoveUniversalityConnection Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.
AdviceHuman NatureFree Will Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
ExistenceEternityImmortality I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
JusticeMercyHumanitySpirituality The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
DifferenceDreamFearSeparation What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
LearningWisdomToleranceKindnessGrowth I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
JusticeHypocrisyPolitical PowerWar Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
SorrowReflectionLossJoy When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
ZealDecisivenessStrength Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
Daily LifeSpiritualityWholenessPurpose Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
WisdomHumilityJoySelflessness Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
AuthenticityDiscernmentPerception I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
GenerositySacrificeSelflessness Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
TimeChangeProgressInspiration Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
UncertaintyContemptExistenceHelplessness What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
FriendshipPerspectiveDistance A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
GrowthTransformationInner WisdomLiberation Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
TruthKindnessContentmentHappiness Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
ServiceResponsibilityPatriotism Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.
WisdomRejectionIgnorance Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
ArtDiscoveryMystery Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
WorkLoveJoyPassion Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
LoveDevotionSurrenderSacrificePerseverance When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
GrowthResilienceHuman WorthWisdom The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.