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About the book
The Prophet, a masterwork by Kahlil Gibran, is one of our time's most treasured classics. It was first published in 1923 and has since been translated into over twenty languages, with over nine million copies sold in the United States alone. The Prophet is a compilation of philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational lyrical pieces. Love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death are among the topics covered in Gibran's musings.
Each essay delves into the inner workings of the human heart and intellect. "Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one’s ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes . . .," the Chicago Post wrote of The Prophet. If a man or woman can read this book without quietly accepting a great man's thought and singing in the heart as if it were music formed within, that man or woman is actually dead to life and truth.
People recommending The Prophet
What readers say about ‘The Prophet’
Naval Ravikant on The Prophet
“"A beautiful book."”
Kelly Slater on The Prophet
“"One of the first 'spiritual' books I read as a teenager, which gave me plenty of seeds for thought from short, but to-the-point, topics."”
Jason Nemer on The Prophet
“Jason Nemer's answer to "do you have any particular book you’ve gifted most to other people?"”
Carlos Slim on The Prophet
“"If you want to talk about poems, here is an interesting one."”
Peter Mallouk on The Prophet
“"One of my favorite books."”
Tim Ferriss on The Prophet
“"A fantastic book. I would recommend people get the edition with the illustrations by the author."”
