Kahlil Gibran
poet · painter · Bsharri, Lebanon · New York, USA · 1883–1931
A poet and painter born in the mountains of Lebanon, who crossed to America at twelve. He wrote in Arabic and in English.
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1923
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.The Prophet, "On Children"
1923
Work is love made visible.The Prophet, "On Work"
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