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jessiepope 's review for:
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
i'm trying to fall in love with life again. hence the philosophic existential poetry. i understand that some might find it preachy or cheesy, but i loved it loved it LOVED IT. some of my favorite parts:
"You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. Even those who limp go not backward. (...) You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good." - from On Good and Evil
"Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror." - from On Beauty
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. (...) You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you." - from On Children
"If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." - from On Friendship
let me be delusional and only see the good in life for like 5 seconds pls!!!
"You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. Even those who limp go not backward. (...) You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good." - from On Good and Evil
"Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror." - from On Beauty
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. (...) You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you." - from On Children
"If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." - from On Friendship
let me be delusional and only see the good in life for like 5 seconds pls!!!