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 39
... beauty , that leads the heart from things fashioned of wood and stone to the holy mountain ? Tell me , have you these in your houses ? Or have you only comfort , and the lust for comfort , that stealthy thing that enters the house a ...
... beauty , that leads the heart from things fashioned of wood and stone to the holy mountain ? Tell me , have you these in your houses ? Or have you only comfort , and the lust for comfort , that stealthy thing that enters the house a ...
עמוד 88
... beauty , Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied , And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy . It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth , But rather a heart inflamed and a soul enchanted . It is not ...
... beauty , Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied , And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy . It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth , But rather a heart inflamed and a soul enchanted . It is not ...
עמוד 89
... beauty is life when life unveils her holy face . But you are life and you are the veil . Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror . But you are eternity and you are the mirror . ND an old priest said , Speak to us of 89 THE PROPHET.
... beauty is life when life unveils her holy face . But you are life and you are the veil . Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror . But you are eternity and you are the mirror . ND an old priest said , Speak to us of 89 THE PROPHET.
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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