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Summary: A Master Poet
Review: This book never ages, it is sincerely ageless...
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Summary: Probably the BEST book I've ever read!
Review: If you have ever thought about life and its meaning, about its subtleties and its quagmires, then this is the book for you! Gibran fashions the garment of the poetry of life in such vivid and exquisite splendour that you will never look at the world in the same way! He writes simply, yet with a profound depth, as if he could look through heaven's eye and look into the very depths of our souls. I have yet to encounter an author with such a mastery of language that is capable of evoking in me such enlightenment.
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Summary: Simply profound...
Review: Eloquent and full of divine wisdom, this little treatise packs more truth into 96 pages than you're going to find anywhere else. I'll continue to read passages each morning just to remind myself of the beauty and magic of life.
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Summary: A beautiful monument to the spirit of man
Review: Don't let the pseudo-intellectual cynics influence you-this is an important book. Absolutely stunning; this book will guide you to knowledge of timeless truths, regardless of your beleif system or religion. Gibran is evocative and emotive-this is an absolutely excellent book to take with you to a serene setting, sit under a tree and ponder. The feelings behind the words are incredibly powerful and touching-Gibran was truly a seer....anyone seriously interested in feeling and seeing the truth of their hearts should own this book, those whose hearts are dead will simply make fun of it. The choice is yours; and to love is a choice.
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Summary: Deceptively pseudo-scriptural
Review: This book was a philosophical touchstone for insecure Boomers of the mid-1970s. Everybody I knew in those days had to be able to discuss it intelligently or risk being thought to have a gap in our characters as people. A folk/ talking blues singer of that era (I forget who) referred to this book in a lyric:"...a copy of Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet' with all the significant passages highlighted--the whole damn BOOK was highlited..." In truth, the whole phenomenon was symptomatic of the societal immaturity of my generation as young adults. It taught us all sorts of theoretical concepts of human nature that were not necessarily reflective of the real world--consideration, the dignity of each person, peace, love, repudiation of prejudice--all of this in a world that anything but reflected such beliefs in Gibran's day. And except for the hippy-dippy pseudo-enlightenment we tried to cram down the world's throat in our day, our peculiar era was no better. We just used Gibran and other such philosophers to peer-pressure one another into self-defeating meekness. If someone you knew was erudite enough to understand philosophy but didn't have the moxie to stand up to people when he should, Gibran was the ideal way to make him a bona fide doormat and make him think he liked it. I won't even try to speculate how "relevant" Gibran is nowadays. From the perspective of a sadder but wiser man--or at least not quite as stupid--I give you this Sting lyric from the song "Consider Me Gone" for consideration: "To search for perfection
Is all very well
But to wait for Heaven
Is to live here in Hell"
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Summary: One of the guide books to life
Review: Okay I know that Gibhran is supposed to be corny and cliched and assosciated with the hippy movement of the 60's. It does not mean that he also isn't still relevant to anyone seeking answers to what life is about. The set up is simple - as a prophet takes his leave of the people with whom he has stayed for many years, he is asked a series of questions, "tell us of friendship, of love, of work, of death". And to each question the prophet provides an answer. For me the message that the prophet provides is that life is not easy and that the greatest joys can only be achieved by risking and enduring great sorrow. But that is only what I took from Gibran and his prophet. Read and take your own message from his words.
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Summary: If you love someone give them this book
Review: If you love someone give them a copy of this book! I was given a copy of this book when I was 18 years old and graduating high school. I had heard a quote from the book during my speech and debate class that made perfect sense to me "Love knows not it's own depths until the hour of seperation", and I made myself a promise to read this book. I had told a friend about my promise to myself and for a graduation present she presented me with The Prophet. I can honestly say that I have never read a book that has touched me as much as this one. It is written almost lyrically. I have since given several different people copies of this book: some friends, some family, some more than friends. Each of them have come away from reading it with a better appreciation of life. When I give this book I ask the recipient only one thing and that is this: if ever they know someone who is going through a rough time in life to pass the book on and let them heal,learn, and realize they are loved by someone no matter how bad things may seem!
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Summary: Moving and Inspirational!
Review: I first read Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" while in high school and have kept it close to my heart and fingertips in the many years since. Each time I open its pages, I feel I am reuniting with an old, comfortable friend. It is a marvel of writing, a true gift from a gifted mind. Read it once and be swallowed up forever by its lyrical beauty and simplicity.
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Summary: Inspirational prose poem
Review: I recently reread this after many years and found the words to resonate with wisdom and spiritual centeredness. The book can be enjoyed and read with profit by people from all faiths and traditions. Each will find some treasure that speaks to their heart. There is nothing in THE PROPHET that would contradict or conflict with any of the sacred texts of the world's major religions. It somehow encompasses the teachings of all of them in a secular and beautiful work of literature.
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Summary: the best
Review: i highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone, no matter what your taste in literature is
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