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 35
... man's hunger . And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes , your grudge distils a poison in the wine . And if you sing though as angels , and love not the singing , you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the ...
... man's hunger . And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes , your grudge distils a poison in the wine . And if you sing though as angels , and love not the singing , you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the ...
עמוד 54
... man's law shall bind you if you break your yoke but upon no man's prison door ? What laws shall you fear if you dance but stumble 54 THE PROPHET.
... man's law shall bind you if you break your yoke but upon no man's prison door ? What laws shall you fear if you dance but stumble 54 THE PROPHET.
עמוד 55
Kahlil Gibran. What laws shall you fear if you dance but stumble against no man's iron chains ? And who is he that shall bring you to judgment if you tear off your garment yet leave it in no man's path ? People of Orphalese , you can ...
Kahlil Gibran. What laws shall you fear if you dance but stumble against no man's iron chains ? And who is he that shall bring you to judgment if you tear off your garment yet leave it in no man's path ? People of Orphalese , you can ...
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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