Khalil Gibran Quotes


The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love


Citations

Gibran, Kahlil. A Tear and a Smile. Translated by H.M. Nahmad, Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.

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Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
  • Born: January 6, 1883
  • Died: April 10, 1931
  • Nationality: Lebanese, American
  • Profession: Writer, Poet, Visual Artist, Philosopher

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.