Scan barcode
unknownlegend's review against another edition
Didn’t like listening to this as an audiobook but resonated with it a lot, going to get my hands on a paper copy!
zannmato's review against another edition
5.0
I wish I could take on the message so clearly inherent in the book. I wish we all could. The poem reads like a sermon on the mount - I doubt I am the first to make this comparison - but the message comes through unfiltered despite the poetic language that threatens to be so highly interpretable. On some level, I am aware that these observations coupled with advice on a life well and worth living are but dreams, but doesn't my reaction reveal a need for such things to be real or even possible?
This deserves another read, but I don't think I'm ready for another so soon. I'll take what I can and meditate on it further; it's all I feel capable of doing at the moment.
This deserves another read, but I don't think I'm ready for another so soon. I'll take what I can and meditate on it further; it's all I feel capable of doing at the moment.
sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
5.0
"It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.
Not is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and wuth thirst."
Kahlil Gibran is world’ third best-selling poets of all time behind Shakespeare and Laozi. ‘The Prophet’ is often considered his best work. The Prophet Almustafa (the chosen and beloved is about to aboard a ship before he is stopped by people who ask him to give his views on different subjects - his discourse forms most of the work. To be honest, I found him sometimes charming, sometimes confusing and sometimes common place.
on love
"But if in fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, then it is better that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall lough, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but all of your tears."
On Marriage
"Love one another but make not a bond of love."
"Sing and dance to gather and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone
Even as the string of the lute are alone though they quiver with same music."
Of good and evil
"For what is evil but good tortured by its own thirst and hunger."
Of crime and Punishments
"And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of whole tree,
so the wrong doer can not do wrong without hidden will of you all.
Like a possession you walk togather towards your god-self
You are the way and the wayfarers.
And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone."
Of Clothes
"Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean.
And when the unclean shall be no more, what were modesty but a fetter and a fouling of the mind?
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."
Of Houses
"You shall not dwell in the tombs made by the dead for the living."
Of Pain
"Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced."
Of Religion
“And if you shall know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles.
Rather look about you and you shall see him playing with children.”
*
”Only another breadth will I breathe in this air,
only another loving look cast backward.”
“A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind,
And another woman shall bear me.”
Not is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and wuth thirst."
Kahlil Gibran is world’ third best-selling poets of all time behind Shakespeare and Laozi. ‘The Prophet’ is often considered his best work. The Prophet Almustafa (the chosen and beloved is about to aboard a ship before he is stopped by people who ask him to give his views on different subjects - his discourse forms most of the work. To be honest, I found him sometimes charming, sometimes confusing and sometimes common place.
on love
"But if in fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, then it is better that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall lough, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but all of your tears."
On Marriage
"Love one another but make not a bond of love."
"Sing and dance to gather and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone
Even as the string of the lute are alone though they quiver with same music."
Of good and evil
"For what is evil but good tortured by its own thirst and hunger."
Of crime and Punishments
"And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of whole tree,
so the wrong doer can not do wrong without hidden will of you all.
Like a possession you walk togather towards your god-self
You are the way and the wayfarers.
And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone."
Of Clothes
"Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean.
And when the unclean shall be no more, what were modesty but a fetter and a fouling of the mind?
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."
Of Houses
"You shall not dwell in the tombs made by the dead for the living."
Of Pain
"Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced."
Of Religion
“And if you shall know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles.
Rather look about you and you shall see him playing with children.”
*
”Only another breadth will I breathe in this air,
only another loving look cast backward.”
“A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind,
And another woman shall bear me.”
labufadora44's review against another edition
5.0
Goodness. I cannot even begin to express how much this book impacted me. Beautiful.
jjhatton's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
4.5
enjoyed the flow of this book. Think I should read it again when I'm not mid revision in order to take it in more
sork's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
the author's description style and the themes were fun to explore, I was captivated for the first 25 pages but after that everything started to get repetitive. The same sentiments were being shared repeatedly with the same formatting and it sucked the joy right out of the read.
the author's description style and the themes were fun to explore, I was captivated for the first 25 pages but after that everything started to get repetitive. The same sentiments were being shared repeatedly with the same formatting and it sucked the joy right out of the read.
michinio's review against another edition
5.0
ეხლა რომ წარვიკითხო არ ვარ დარწმუნებული, რომ ისევ ისე მომეწონება, როგორც ადრე, მაგრამ ნებისმიერ შემთხვევაში ფაქტი ერთია - ეს არაა უბრალოდ დაწერილი მოთხრობა, ლექსი, ნაშრომი, სტატია, ტრაქტატი - ეს რაღაც სხვაა, რომელსაც შეუძლია ისეთ სიმს გამოკრას თითი (თუ წინადადება), რომელიც რიგითი გონებრივი ტალღების მიღმაა, რომელიც უფრო ნამდვილია, ვიდრე "ნმადვილი მე" და რომლის რეზონანსიც რელიქტური გამოსხივების დიაპაზონში ვიბრირებს.
itme_mari0's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5