The ProphetSenate, 2002 - 113 עמודים In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts, but he possesses nothing. The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man's wisdom is his gift. It is Gibran's gift to us, as well, for Gibran's prophet is rivaled in his wisdom only by the founders of the world's great religions. On the most basic topics--marriage, children, friendship, work, pleasure--his words have a power and lucidity that in another era would surely have provoked the description "divinely inspired." Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions--as millions of other readers already have |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 38
עמוד 10
... speak save of that which is even now moving within your souls ? Then said Almitra , Speak to us of Love . And he raised his head and looked upon the people , and there fell a stillness upon them . And with a great voice he said : When ...
... speak save of that which is even now moving within your souls ? Then said Almitra , Speak to us of Love . And he raised his head and looked upon the people , and there fell a stillness upon them . And with a great voice he said : When ...
עמוד 46
... Speak to us of Crime and Punishment . And he answered , saying : It is when your spirit goes wandering upon the wind , That you , alone and unguarded , commit a wrong unto others and therefore unto yourself . And for that wrong ...
... Speak to us of Crime and Punishment . And he answered , saying : It is when your spirit goes wandering upon the wind , That you , alone and unguarded , commit a wrong unto others and therefore unto yourself . And for that wrong ...
עמוד 75
Kahlil Gibran. ND one of the elders of the city said , Speak ANT to us of Good and Evil . And he answered : Of the good in you I can speak , but not of the evil . For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst ? Verily ...
Kahlil Gibran. ND one of the elders of the city said , Speak ANT to us of Good and Evil . And he answered : Of the good in you I can speak , but not of the evil . For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst ? Verily ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
answered aught beauty beloved bless body boundless breath city gate city walls cloth dance dawn deeds deeper delight desires dream drink dwell ears earth ecstasy empty ether evil eyes fain fear fields flower flute forest fragrance freedom freedom-song fruit garment gather gazing gifts give unto giver god-self greater hand heard heart HEN Almitra spoke hidden hills hunger KAHLIL GIBRAN knowledge laughter life's lifts lips longing look love's lute man's mist mountains move in passion naked ND a woman needs ness night noontide offend oftentimes Orphalese pain peace pleasure pray prayer quiver remember rise roots rudder sails sand-towers secret seek shadow ship sing sleep song sorrow soul walks space Speak spirit stand stone stream tears temple invisible things thirst thought tides to-morrow tree truth Verily vineyards voice weaver weep wine winepress wings words