Khalil Gibran Quotes

Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy or inner peace, and however we try to seek it: creativity, justice, altruism, striving, completion of a plan or a piece of work.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Peace-not passion, not personal possessions, not personal accomplishments nor happiness-is one of the greatest blessings a man can receive.

You have everything you need for complete peace and total happiness right now.

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

Nothing increases happiness like quiet time. The truth is, the only moments that make you laugh or happy are seconds of stillness.

Peace fell upon her spirit. Strong comfort and assurance bathed her whole being. Life was so solid and splendid, and so good.

There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.

Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy -- one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure, but turn out to have been the pleasure itself.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

Though the most beautiful creature were waiting for me at the end of a journey or a walk; though the carpet were of silk, the curtains of the morning clouds; the chairs and sofa stuffed with cygnet's down; the food manna, the wine beyond claret, the window opening on Winander Mere, I should not feel -or rather my happiness would not be so fine, as my solitude is sublime.

The golden gate to peace in life is the experience of bliss, and it is easy for everyone to acquire this great glory and live it throughout life.

Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.

There is no higher happiness than peace.

And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

Happiness is a shadow of harmony; it follows harmony. There is no other way to be happy.

When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.

be it peace or happiness let it enfold you

Egolessness is contentment.

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.

I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.