Edwin Hubbell Chapin, as quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert
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Khalil in Spirits Rebellious (1908) "Khalil The Heretic" Part 3
“The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor.”
Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran (1962) as translated by Anthony R. Ferris
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
Context: My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me and demonstrating to me that I am not exalted over the panhandler nor less than the mighty. Before my Soul taught me, I thought people consisted of two types: the weak, whom I pitied and disregarded, and the powerful, whom I followed or against I rebelled. Now, I have discovered that I was formed as one individual from the same substance from which all human beings were created. I am made up of the same elements as they are, and my pattern is theirs. My struggles are theirs, and my path is theirs.
James The Son Of Zebedee: On The Kingdoms Of The World
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
The Vision
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
My Friend
The Madman (1918)
“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.”
A Handful of Sand on the Shore, as quoted in Alterquest: the Alternative Quest for Answers (2006) by Karen Fiala, p. 127
Mary Magdalen (Thirty years later): On the Resurrection of the Spirit
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
A Handful of Sand on the Shore
A Man From Lebanon: Nineteen Centuries Afterward
Source: Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
John At Patmos: Jesus The Gracious
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
Your Thought and Mine
A Man From Lebanon: Nineteen Centuries Afterward
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
The Madman (1918)
“Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
This line was later paraphrased by John Lennon, in his song "Julia", on The Beatles (1968): "Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you, Julia."
Sand and Foam (1926)
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
Thus spoke Jesus, and unto all the kingdoms of the earth I was blinded, and unto all the cities of walls and towers; and it was in my heart to follow the Master to His kingdom.
James The Son Of Zebedee: On The Kingdoms Of The World
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
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The Madman
Before my Soul taught me, I imagined the past as an era not to be met with, and the future as an age that I would never witness. But now I know that in the brief moment of the present, all time exists, including everything that is in time — all that is eagerly anticipated, achieved, or realized.
My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me not to define a place by saying 'here' or 'there'. Before my Soul taught me, I thought that when I was in any place on the earth I was remote from every other spot. But now I have learned that the place where I subsist is all places, and the space I occupy is all intervals.
The Madman (1918), The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
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The Madman
And His voice sought my drowned spirit and I was brought back to the shore.
And I opened my eyes and I saw His white body hanging against the cloud, and His words that I had heard took the shape within me and became a new man. And I sorrowed no more.
Who would sorrow for a sea that is unveiling its face, or for a mountain that laughs in the sun?
Was it ever in the heart of man, when that heart was pierced, to say such words?
What other judge of men has released His judges? And did ever love challenge hate with power more certain of itself?
Was ever such a trumpet heard 'twixt heaven and earth?
Was it known before that the murdered had compassion on his murderers? Or that the meteor stayed his footsteps for the mole?
The seasons shall tire and the years grow old, ere they exhaust these words: "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."
Philip: And When He Died All Mankind Died
The Madman (1918), Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
