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 67
... enter the house of his wisdom , but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind . The astronomer may speak to you of his under- standing of space , but he cannot give you his under- standing . The musician may sing to you of the ...
... enter the house of his wisdom , but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind . The astronomer may speak to you of his under- standing of space , but he cannot give you his under- standing . The musician may sing to you of the ...
עמוד 81
... enter into it to beg for the good of others you shall not be heard . It is enough that you enter the temple invisible . I cannot teach you how to pray in words . God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through ...
... enter into it to beg for the good of others you shall not be heard . It is enough that you enter the temple invisible . I cannot teach you how to pray in words . God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through ...
עמוד 91
... enter into it take with you your all . Take the plough and the forge and the mallet and the lute , The things you have fashioned in necessity or for delight . For in reverie you cannot rise above your achievements nor fall lower than ...
... enter into it take with you your all . Take the plough and the forge and the mallet and the lute , The things you have fashioned in necessity or for delight . For in reverie you cannot rise above your achievements nor fall lower than ...
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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