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 |
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עמוד 27
... giving . And is there aught you would withhold ? All you have shall some day be given ; Therefore give now , that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors ' . You often say , " I would give , but 27 THE PROPHET.
... giving . And is there aught you would withhold ? All you have shall some day be given ; Therefore give now , that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors ' . You often say , " I would give , but 27 THE PROPHET.
עמוד 67
... aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge . The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple , among his followers , gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his loving- ness . If he is ...
... aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge . The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple , among his followers , gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his loving- ness . If he is ...
עמוד 98
... aught I have said is truth , that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice , and in words more kin to your thoughts . I go with the wind , people of Orphalese , but not down into emptiness ; And if this day is not a fulfilment of ...
... aught I have said is truth , that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice , and in words more kin to your thoughts . I go with the wind , people of Orphalese , but not down into emptiness ; And if this day is not a fulfilment of ...
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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