Sand and Foam (Khalil Gibran, 1926)

Sand and Foam (Khalil Gibran, 1926)

The book is full of aphorisms, which I’m never sure if I like or not. I guess, they have been a bit annoying due to shitty greeting cards and email forwards with pictures of roses and the moon shining over a lake.

But there is a lot in Khalil’s book to be liked.

Here is some from the book that I liked,

“If it were not for your guests all houses would be graves.”

“You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.”

“Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.”

“Turtles can tell more about roads than hares.”

“When you enjoy loving your neighbor it ceases to be a virtue.”

"I stopped my guest on the threshold and said, "Nay, wipe not your feet as you enter, but as you go out.""

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

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

“Was the love of Judas' mother of her son less than the love of Mary for Jesus?”And a prose,

“My friend, you and I shall remain strangers unto life,
And unto one another, and each unto himself,
Until the day when you shall speak and I shall listen
Deeming your voice my own voice;
And when I shall stand before you
Thinking myself standing before a mirror.”

4/5