Khalil Gibran Quotes
Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit.
Gibran, Kahlil. Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran. Translated by Anthony R. Ferris, Citadel Press, 1962, p. 11.
Spinoza was one of the most feared intellectuals in human history—feared that is by the established power structures. He is the only known person who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims—all were forbidden to read his works. He was the enemy of authority and advocated personal reason as the guide for men.
American Founding Fathers were not the first to realize that freedom that depended on government was not very safe. It is highly likely that a number of them had read Ferguson. But they together with the public pressure for a Bill of Rights were the first to build a structure that would be based on the assumption that government alone could not be trusted as the guarantor and provider of freedom and rights.
After 21 years of imprisonment, the South African government offered to set Mandela free if he would agree to desist from anti-government activities. Mandela refused to discuss a deal:
Gibran Khalil Gibran, usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced /kɑːˈliːl dʒɪˈbrɑːn/ kah-LEEL ji-BRAHN), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages.
