I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
Khalil GibranRead
Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote suggests that ignoring certain people can be misunderstood as an act of disdain or rejection.
Khalil Gibran's quote reflects on the complexities of human perception and interaction. It highlights how shutting one's eyes, an act typically associated with avoidance or a desire to not engage, can lead others to interpret it as a deliberate slight or gesture of contempt. This speaks to the ways in which our actions can be misread and the misunderstandings that can arise in our relationships with others.
Themes
AvoidingSightMisunderstandingPerceptionHuman Relationships
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about interpersonal relationships, one might quote Gibran to illustrate how actions can be misinterpreted.
More from Khalil Gibran
All quotes βBe patient, for it is from doubt that knowledge is born.
Khalil GibranRead
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Khalil GibranRead
God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
Khalil GibranRead
Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.
Khalil GibranRead
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
Khalil GibranRead
Similar quotes
Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
EpictetusRead
A great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest man a century.
H. L. MenckenRead
The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but the very act of desiring prepares you, so that when he comes you may see and be utterly satisfied.
Saint AugustineRead
There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group.
Amit RayRead
The twentieth century ended with its dreams in ruins. The notion of the community as a voluntary association of enlightened citizens has died forever. We realize how suffocatingly humane we've become, dedicated to moderation and the middle way. The suburbanization of the soul has overrun our planet like the plague.
J. G. BallardRead
Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
Jonathan EdwardsRead