Khalil Gibran Quotes

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

We’ve been an arrogant country.

There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach — it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end.

The Arab world's problems are a problem of the Arab mind, and the name for that problem is anti-Semitism.

... the belief in a superstratum of human beings ... is the most evil of all beliefs. For when you say, 'I am not as other men' -- you have lost the two most valuable qualities we have ever tried to attain: -- humility and brotherhood.

You deny that man is really so prejudiced as I suppose him; talk to him then of some foreign country, ask him what religion he is of.

They hate you because you act like you're better than they are

I have no use for humility. I am a fellow with an exceptional talent.

Never bend over for a Christian.

A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession.

Arrogance is, as it were, a solicitation on the part of one seeking honor for followers, whom he thinks he is entitled to treat with contempt.

Hubris, arrogance, is just one step ahead of loss of integrity, because if you think you're better than other people, you know more, then you're going to think, as many leaders have, that the rules don't apply to them - so they lose their integrity.

The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s).

It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.

Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

I hope the Jews did kill Christ, I'd do it again in a second.

He is lofty, and I am eminent.

If I want people to be empathetic to my struggle - they don't see hate crimes at the mosque, they don't see people screaming at their cousins, brothers, or sisters who wear a hijab to "go back to your country" - I have to do the same.

It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else.

Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves.

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.

He thought others were small; that was his greatness.