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Kahlil Gibran

Artist

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League. Kahlil Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire, to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran. Wikipedia

Born: January 6, 1883, Bsharri, Lebanon

Died: April 10, 1931, New York City, NY

Parents: Khalil Gibran, Kamila Gibran

Movies: The Prophet, The Three Ants

Quotes

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.