Khalil Gibran Giving Quotations

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When y

You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.

All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.

The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.

You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive.

You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, 'Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance.' For to the fruit giving is a need as receiving is a need to the root.

And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.

My friend, be not like him who sits by his fireside and watches the fire go out, then blows vainly upon the dead ashes. Do not give up hope or yield to despair because of that which is past, for to bewail the irretrievable is the worst of human frailties.

Give me an ear and I will give you a Voice...

The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.

For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all.

Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.

The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor.

Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed? See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts.