The Prophet

kmabarrett recommended this 1 year, 2 months ago

I first read this book as a teen (many years ago). I can still open it up and find new insight on almost every page.

shiva210 recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Each page is wisdom in its most condensed form. Hard to believe one man wrote this.

I read this book once ever 3 years or so just like I read Siddhartha, by Hesse. Each time you read these books it is as if you are doing so for the first time.

pclegg recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

A beautiful book. I first read it while in my late teens. Now, more than 40 years have passes and it still strikes me as one of the great books by a near eastern christian writer.

drosamaria recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

it will never change the meaning...i have read this book more than 20 times and i always find something new

rob-gordon recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

A timeless barrage of wisdom and metaphors leaving you fulfilled within your mortality.

A book that helped me to accept death. Maybe a high claim but true all the same.

Read this book over and over to get the true wealth of the text.

julandie recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

I first read The Prophet when I was sixteen, now 20 years later I understand what the Prophet was trying to teach me. It only once you've experienced pain, joy, sorrow, marriage ect. will you appreciate the wisdom and find answers to life's greatest questions and those pages will console you.

rburkett recommended this 1 year, 9 months ago

A must-read. Beautiful and meaningful.

gothnerd recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

good stuff

mcgillm5 recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

One of the classics!

tamish1 recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

A book I've gone back to many times. Simple thought provoking inspiration. Classic.

DisconsolateChimera recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Lyrical and profound. A great book to read slowly and ponder.

RiezaApr recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

No one has the last word in religion. No one has also the last word on Jesus and his life.

Gibran successfully portrayed a sometimes vague and impersonal Christ to be the heart-warming humane Jesus. His teaching has never been easy, but if you succeed, compassion and kenosis will make a better world around you.

siciliana recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

A short but thought-provoking read on the most probing questions of life...

kevinaleighton recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Love this book it's inspiring and a great source of comfort in troubled times, have often quoted passages to friends and family.

peter recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

This book is great! A prophet is about to leave a town and all the people ask him general questions about life and everything. Each chapter is his response to a different question.

You can easily read it in one sitting, and it’s also worth revisiting by just jumping into any chapter. It’s poetic, philosophical, and full of wisdom. The Prophet should be required reading.

hrldcpr recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

A small profound gem of a book.
Written in English in 1923 by Lebanese American philosopher artist Kahlil Gibran, its poetic wisdoms seem to be as true as ever. Bears some similarities to the Tao Te Ching despite their 2,500 year distance.

You can just open this book to a random page and start reading and in a few minutes you'll be excited about life again! Suspiciously easy...