“Stand together, yet not too near together;
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”
Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Author of The Prophet, a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923.
Khalil Gibran was Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon, as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:47 AM
Please give the meaning of the thought also.
August 27th, 2009 at 7:59 AM
The meaning is not something that one person can define for someone else, but my interpretation is that it’s about human relationships, co-dependance, and not living in your partners shadow or allowing yourself to become a shadow that blocks the light from someone else.
October 27th, 2009 at 3:25 PM
This is one of my favorites- a friend of mine even used it as part of her wedding vows after I showed it to her….
Gibran was so forward thinking and liberal for a man in that era.
November 13th, 2009 at 2:53 AM
This is from the Rubiat!! Its about 2000 years old!