{"html":"<div class=\"article_cover_container\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.bbntimes.com\/images\/articles\/global-economy\/Gibran-Alamy.jpg);\"><div class=\"bg\"><\/div><h1>Kahlil Gibran\u2019s Quotes about Love & Friendship Resonate Today<\/h1><\/div><style>#section-kmt{min-height: unset;}.desc-ath p {overflow: hidden;display: -webkit-box;-webkit-line-clamp: 4;-webkit-box-orient: vertical;text-align: justify;}<\/style> <div class=\"jm-allpage-space\"> <div id=\"jm-mainpage\"> <div id=\"jm-mainpage-in\"> <div id=\"jm-main\" class=\"scheme_2 clearfix\"> <div id=\"jm-content\"> <div class=\"jm-content-in\"> <div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div id=\"jm-mainpage\"> <div id=\"jm-mainpage-in\"> <div id=\"jm-main\" class=\"scheme_2 clearfix\"> <div id=\"jm-content\"> <div class=\"jm-content-in\"> <div id=\"jm-maincontent\"> <div class=\"cont-maincontent fadeIn\"> <div class=\"item-page\"> <div class=\"article-tittle\"> <h2>Kahlil Gibran\u2019s Quotes about Love &amp; Friendship Resonate Today<\/h2> <\/div> <div class=\"top-infos-article\"> <div class=\"left-top\"> <span class=\"author-article\"> <a href=\"\/ashley-collie\" class=\"author_img\" lazy-style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.bbntimes.com\/\/images\/articles\/companies\/Ashley.jpg');\"> <\/a> <a class=\"author_name\" href=\"\/ashley-collie\"> Ashley Jude Collie <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"date-publication\">19\/02\/2019<\/span> <span onclick=\"\" class=\"content-count-msg\">12<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"bloc-content\"> <div class=\"wv-button-placeholder\"><\/div> <div class=\"pull-left item-image\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.bbntimes.com\/\/images\/articles\/global-economy\/Gibran-Alamy.jpg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" \/> <\/div> <p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the lengthening after-shadows of Valentine\u2019s Day, and with a dear lady friend in mind \u2014 the very lovely \u201cMs. MCL\u201d who is otherwise spoken for \u2014 I meditated on love, the platonic type, which was originally called Socratic love. Platonic love suggests that by disciplining our mind to contemplate the divine beauty in another person, we can \u201cintuit the (actual) nature of the divine.\u201d<\/span> <p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Indeed, William Shakespeare intimately experienced and observantly described such platonic love as an all-consuming, impassioned emotion that sways between joy and pain \u2014 this topic is most evident in the Bard\u2019s Sonnets.<\/span> <p><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"The very lovely &quot;Ms. MCL&quot; &amp; the meaning of friendship\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbntimes.com\/\/images\/MCL.png\" alt=\"MCL\" \/><\/p> <p><br \/>My own platonic affection for this \u201cMs. MCL\u201d happily does sway between both extremes. That meditation got me thinking of Kahlil Gibran\u2019s poetic masterpiece, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=prophet+by+kahlil+gibran&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;index=aps&amp;hvadid=321832987149&amp;hvpos=1t1&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=5723397176463128668&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9030955&amp;hvtargid=kwd-301332653758&amp;ref=pd_sl_3x8htier71_b\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Prophet<\/a><\/em>, and one of many insightful lines about love and friendship \u2014 \u201cTo be wounded by your own understanding of love; and to bleed willingly and joyfully.\u201d <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/from-beirut-to-boston-the-utter-americanness-of-khalil-gibran\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lebanese-American<\/a> Kahlil Gibran (born Khalil, 1883-1931) is regarded as a literary rebel in the Arab world as his romantic literary style was \u201cat the heart of a renaissance\u201d in modern&nbsp;Arabic literature. And, Gibran is ranked the third-best-selling poet ever, only behind&nbsp;Shakespeare and&nbsp;Laozi. His name and work have been cited by Western pop culture icons, including: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6pIYr0fNflM\" rel=\"nofollow\">Elvis Presley<\/a>, who was so affected by <em>The Prophet<\/em> that his handwritten notes appear under passages throughout the museum copy of the book; John Lennon paraphrased a Gibran line in the Beatles\u2019 song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_d-PmEWxIHI\" rel=\"nofollow\">Julia<\/a>\u201d singing, \u201cHalf of what I say is meaningless...\u201d; and, David Bowie mentions Gibran by name in his song, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ASitcSAk330\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Width of a Circle<\/a>.\u201d <p><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbntimes.com\/\/images\/91iIlD9xegL.jpg\" alt=\"91iIlD9xegL\" width=\"567\" height=\"851\" \/><\/p> <p><br \/>So here are some of my favourite Gibran lines of poetry that deal with love, selected from <em>The Prophet<\/em>: <p>\u2022When love beckons to you follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. <p>\u2022Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself, Love possesses not nor would it be possessed: For love is sufficient unto love. <p>\u2022You give but little when you give of your possessions. <p>\u2022It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. <p>\u2022Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. <p>\u2022To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; to rest at noon and meditate love's ecstasy; to return home at eventide with gratitude; and then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. <p>\u2022And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught. <p><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbntimes.com\/\/images\/Khalil-Gibran-quote-if-you-love-something-let-it-go.jpg\" alt=\"Khalil Gibran quote if you love something let it go\" width=\"567\" height=\"298\" \/> <p><br \/>Finally, for all the \u201cMs. MCL\u201d characters we platonically get to know and love in our lives, I\u2019ll paraphrase Gibran: \u201cIn the sweetness of (our platonic) friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.\u201d <p>And, as Gibran so presciently noted about the sweet importance of friendship of someone like Ms. MCL, \u201cYour friend is your needs answered.\u201d <p><em>For more information, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iGwRNS73NDQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Prophet<\/a> as narrated by Richard Harris, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DGjviJc7SOs\" rel=\"nofollow\">documentary<\/a> on the great poet, and more brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/authors\/khalil_gibran\" rel=\"nofollow\">quotes by Gibran<\/a>.<\/em> <p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Photo Credit: Alamy<\/span><\/strong> <\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"moduletable bbb\"> <div class=\"module-tittle\"> <h3>Share this article<\/h3> <\/div> <div class=\"module-content  bbb\"> <ul class='lg-share dynamicul'> <li><a 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