“The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul.” ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Kahlil Gibran Lebanese artist Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League. Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire, to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran.