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warning

kimikimkim — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:29:26 GMT

i was reading Kahlil last night and came across this jewel:

"Only those return to Eternity
Who on earth seek out Eternity"

it is the warning Death whispers back towards the earth as he returns to the sky in the story "Two Wishes" (from the book "Tears and Laughter").

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Help

BKLYN — Tue, 02 May 2006 07:57:15 GMT

Does anyone know what the poem is called that begins "For heavens sake my heart..."
It is one of my favorites and I have searched for years to find it again.

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your happiness

AhndiYa — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:58:25 GMT

has anyone seen and been moved by the small book, I Care About Your Happiness??? a collection of quotes from the love letters of kahlil and his sweetheart , Mary? if so please share the quotes you love.

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quotes

kimikimkim — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:06:30 GMT

Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
Lebanese artist & poet in US

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.

It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

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on death

kimikimkim — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:46:00 GMT

For what is it to die but to stand naked
in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to
free the breath from its restless tides, that it may
rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of
silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain
top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your
limbs, then truly you shall dance.

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I read this at the funeral when my brother died...

...it gave me the comfort to peaceful enough to have some strength through it all...

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Gibran's Death

bravebird — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 03:37:10 GMT

Does anyone know how he died?

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do you know

kimikimkim — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:03:19 GMT

why you are here?

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Seven symbol?

jsnmatson2005 — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:06:16 GMT

I've noticed that Khalil uses the number seven in his poems a lot. Does anyone have a speculation on this? Perhaps it represents the seven Chakras?

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Pronunciation

jsnmatson2005 — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:26:49 GMT

How do you pronounce "Gibran"?

I've heard people both a soft and hard G.

I've always pronounced it with the soft G myself.

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prophet

kimikimkim — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:17:47 GMT

interesting

http://www.geocities.com/dino_dot/prophet/

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epitaph

kimikimkim — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:01:23 GMT

I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you.

Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you.

- Gibran's words on his epitaph

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