{"product_id":"the-prophet-isbn-9781101970782","title":"The Prophet","description":"\u003cb\u003eKahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet,\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most beloved classics of our time—a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e contains powerful words of wisdom on such essential subjects as marriage, children, friendship, work, and pleasure—words that readers from around the world have found inspirational and life-changing. A poet, artist, and mystic, Gibran was born to a poor Christian family in Lebanon and emigrated to the United States as an adolescent, where he began studying art. The twenty-eight poetic essays collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e are illustrated with twelve of his full-page drawings. Perhaps no other twentieth-century writer has touched the hearts and minds of so remarkably varied and widespread a readership.\u003cp\u003e\"Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one's ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes... If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKahlil Gibran\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1883 in Lebanon and died in New York in 1931. His family emigrated to the United States in 1895. In his early teens, the artistry of Gibran's drawings caught the eye of his teachers and he was introduced to the avant-garde Boston artist, photographer, and publisher Fred Holland Day, who encouraged and supported Gibran in his creative endeavors. A publisher used some of Gibran's drawings for book covers in 1898, and Gibran held his first art exhibition in 1904 in Boston. In 1908, Gibran went to study art with Auguste Rodin in Paris for two years, and he later studied art in Boston. While most of Gibran's early writing was in Arabic, most of his work published after 1918 was in English. Gibran's best-known work is \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet, \u003c\/i\u003ea book composed of 28 poetic essays.\u003cb\u003eON LOVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThen said Almitra, Speak to us of Love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd he raised his head and looked upon the peo­ple, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen love beckons to you, follow him,\u003cbr\u003eThough his ways are hard and steep.\u003cbr\u003eAnd when his wings enfold you yield to him,\u003cbr\u003eThough the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.\u003cbr\u003eAnd when he speaks to you believe in him,\u003cbr\u003eThough his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEven as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSo shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLike sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.\u003cbr\u003eHe threshes you to make you naked.\u003cbr\u003eHe sifts you to free you from your husks.\u003cbr\u003eHe grinds you to whiteness.\u003cbr\u003eHe kneads you until you are pliant;\u003cbr\u003eAnd then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAll these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life’s heart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThen it is better for you that you cover your na­kedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInto the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e• • • \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLove gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLove possesses not nor would it be possessed;\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor love is sufficient unto love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLove has no other desire but to fulfil itself.\u003cbr\u003eBut if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:\u003cbr\u003eTo melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.\u003cbr\u003eTo know the pain of too much tenderness.\u003cbr\u003eTo be wounded by your own understanding of love;\u003cbr\u003eAnd to bleed willingly and joyfully.\u003cbr\u003eTo wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;\u003cbr\u003eTo rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ec­stasy;\u003cbr\u003eTo return home at eventide with gratitude;\u003cbr\u003eAnd then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303350161637,"sku":"NP9781101970782","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781101970782.jpg?v=1767741099","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-prophet-isbn-9781101970782","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}