The Prophet

This is my second reading of the book. Everytime I gain something new. It remains a classific and needs time to be digested slowly. I would suggest to make it a staple on your reading list. Maybe once per month

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There are so many life lessons that I find myself thinking about and wanting to make improvements on. I cried reading two chapters. The children chapter and the marriage chapter, back to back, because it is so true. This is a book that I will keep rereading. 5.0

It is important to expose yourself to different things."You give but little when you give of your possessions.It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.""… since you must kill to eat, and rob the newly born of its mother’s milk to quench your thirst, let it then be an act of worship."Not every word written here is golden, but some of them are very good."… before you leave the market-place, see that no one has gone his way with empty hands.For the master spirit of the earth shall not sleep peacefully upon the wind till the needs of the least of you are satisfied.""… when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom."I had written Gibran, Rumi and Osho off as New Age Lite-Brite authors. All the more reason to take a closer look at them."… I cannot teach you the prayer of the seas and the forests and the moun-tains.But you who are born of the mountains and the forests and the seas can find their prayer in your heart""… [I]t is … the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life,And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love,And to both, bee and flower, the giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy."This is definitely not the New Age pablum I thought it would be … Recommended!

This book is a short but powerful read. I found a few passages quite full. It’ll take some time to digest.

Any age could enjoy this book. Great imagery and ideas and overall a peaceful message.Would read again and again.

Almustafa is leaving. He is a prophet and in leaving there is poetry and a lesson in it too. Each human being needs help and guidance, but also the chance to grow by oneself. I found wisdom in 'The Prophet,' rather than the empty following of rules it elicits the awakening of oneself through reflection. Nevertheless I felt parts just as common sense, maybe I have not enough life experiences to notice the complete truth in all that is said, as words have another meaning when we made enough mistakes to awake to their significance. Perhaps 'The Prophet' is meant to be read in different stages of life.The AmazonClassics Edition is the best to read works written in English. The modern typography and professional formatting makes a pleasure the reading; there is X-Ray although 'The Prophet' is so crystalline that I barely consulted it; and, what is important to me, there are no introductions nor footnotes by busybody intellectuals, the text is as pure as if it had been published this morning, it is pure for you to appreciate it without intermediaries in your terms. There is only a very succint biography at the end, a highly recommended edition.

"The Prophet" is a series of poetic prose authored by Khalil Gibran in the early twentieth century. Mister Gibran was born in Lebanon and moved with his family to America as a child. This series of poetic prose has a somewhat abstruse and mystical aspect to it. It is clear to me that this book has many, many fans. I completely respect that. And there is no doubt that the writing is very poetic and at times beautiful. I had to read and reread much of this work numerous times to gain a partial comprehension of the work.As an American, I make a concerted effort to read the works of authors born in other countries. In that context I really appreciated this reading experience. However I need to confess I ended up being glad that the work was short and was relieved when I had finished it.I am very glad that I had a chance to read this work. But it was work. It is not a light read. I do not think that the average reader, looking for a light reading experience will particularly enjoy this work. I am sure there is wisdom to be found within. However it is not easily accessed. Speaking strictly for myself I get more from reading the Wisdom Books of the Old Testament of The Bible.In summary, I am glad that I read this work. I was glad to study the life of the author. I purchased and audiobook narrated by Sandra Cullum and she did an excellent job. But the work is not a light read. My personal appreciation was mostly as a study experience and not every reader is going to enjoy this book. Thank You...

It’s a short book that you can read in an hour. And within 2 days I read it 3 times. And I am sure I will come back to it again in the future.It just has some poetic and some what spiritual view and explanation on many main aspects of life, list Friendship, Good and Evil, Work, Love, Marriage, Beauty, Life and Death, and many more.If you feel that the book is hard to read, try to listen to the audiobook (just find it on YouTube).

One of Gibran's best masterpieces. This is a very affordable version, but still needs editing as there are some typos.

Very, VERY good! Incredible book.

Ce livre est réellement inclassable.J'ai lu la version française, offerte par ma compagne, puis la version anglaise parce que je n'aime pas les traductions.C'est un prophète qui ne parle pas au nom d'un Dieu ; qui ne s'exprime pas au nom d'une religion.D'ailleurs on ne sait pas d'où il parle ni qui il est, ni d'où il vient.Il est. Il est là, et il parle.Il ne prêche pas.C'est un prophète de l'humain, des sentiments, des qualités, des défauts, de l'homme.Un prophète qui ne demande pas à l'homme de croire en un Dieu, mais de croire en sa propre humanité et d'agir en véritable être humain.Les deux versions sont faciles à lire, mais il faut les lire avec le cœur, sinon on en perd l'essentiel.Ce n'est pas non plus une leçon, ni une vérité. Juste un moment pour se poser de bonnes questions.C'est "un prophète", mais l'auteur ne dit pas de qui ou de quoi ; un prophète de l'homme ; et de ce point de vue, de petit opuscule me semble compatible avec toutes les fois, toutes les croyances, qui mettent l'homme en leur cœur.

A classic that I keep at hand, perfectly written

Profound thoughts and concepts characterize this book among the best books of wisdom and wisdom. I liked it, I think I'll read it every now and then. Thanks for the gifts.