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"When love beckons to you follow him, hough his ways are hard and steep' i>The Prophet, On Love The time has come for the revered Prophet to leave Orphalese. Before he departs, people gather around him and ask him to speak of love, marriage, time, sorrow, friendship and children. The Prophet's replies are illuminating and humane and provide a timeless guide to living. The Prophet was an instant bestseller on publication in 1923. Since then it has been translated into more than 20 languages and is a classic work of inspirational fiction."

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Writer

Kahlil Gibran

Language

English

ISBN

9780099528449

Number of pages

128

Publisher

Random House UK

Category

The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have found the soul walking upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.