Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
Weitere Zitate von Kahlil Gibran
Zum Autor"The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves."
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered."
"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
"He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked.The wind and the sun will tear no holes in his skin."
"For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live.For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.And in th sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."
"I too am my own forerunner, though I sit in the shadows of my trees and seem motionless."