A brilliant man's philosophy on love, marriage, joy and sorrow, time, friendship and much more. Originally published in 1923 - translated into more than 20 languages. With 12 full page drawings by Gibran.
Review
There are men who have found the truth and remained silent, because they don't know how to express it. Kahlil Gibran is just the opposite -- he has not found the truth, but he is capable of expressing. And for the humanity which lives in darkness, even his poetry appears as if it is coming from the source of self-knowing.
Since i read this book, there was only one question on ,my mind "What kind of a brain can write such a book". Either it could be a brain who thinks that he knows everything about life, considering himself a self declared prophet, or a brain playing with only the inferiorily mortal readers, laughing at its own superiority. if u closely have a look at all the teachings, they dont hold in present cruel world.
Characters/People
Almustafa: The prophet; a man who is about to leave Orphalese is asked by Almitra to share his words about life.
Almitra: the woman who truly understands the prophet and carries the message until they meet again
Quotes
“For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.”
“When 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. And when he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden."
Kahlil Gibran
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.”
Khalil Gibran
“Let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.”
Khalil Gibran
“The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it, and the clay that fills your ears shall be pierced by those fingers that kneaded it.”
Khalil Gibran
“...you shall not deplore having known blindness, nor regret having been deaf. For in that day you shall know the hidden purposes in all things. And you shall bless darkness as you would bless light.”
Khalil Gibran
“You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind.”
“How could I have seen you save from a great height or a great distance? How can one be indeed near unless he be far?”
“There are no graves here. These mountains and plains are a cradle and a stepping-stone.”
“For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?”
Summary
i wish the context of morality in our actual world was as nearly as close to the description in the book very pleasant read gives me hope to seek for a better situation
Reading level
All ages
Rating
5 stars
