I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
Khalil GibranRead
Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True happiness comes from within rather than external circumstances.
In this quote, Khalil Gibran emphasizes that genuine happiness is an internal state that originates in the heart. It suggests that true joy is not found in outer possessions or achievements, but rather in oneβs inner feelings, thoughts, and emotional well-being.
Themes
HappinessInner PeaceJoyHeartContentment
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about mental well-being, one might say, 'Remember, happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.'
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
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
Khalil GibranRead
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
Khalil GibranRead
Similar quotes
The fiction of happiness is propagated by every tongue and confirmed by every look till at last all profess the joy which they do not feel and consent to yield to the general delusion.
Samuel JohnsonRead
Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
LaoziRead
Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.
Walt DisneyRead
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
EuripidesRead
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.
Lord ByronRead
Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy. Then suddenly you will come to know: meditation follows you. If you love the work that you are doing, if you love the way you are living, then you are meditative.
RajneeshRead