Khalil Gibran Quotes

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

I fight to embrace the entire circle of human activity to the full extent of my ability.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

I don't want to change the world; I want to evolve myself.

I am never going to stop evolving and growing.

Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

The final goal of human effort is man's self-transforma tion.

Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be

I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.

A cultivation of the powers of one's personality is one of the greatest needs of life.

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

You do need to maintain some of yourself and know who you are, but that doesn't mean you can't evolve.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

I've always wanted people to know who they are from the inside. Then they can create the life they desire and deserve. I've always believed that my job was to facilitate the evolution of the human consciousness.