Stuck in a 6 hour car ride. Taking this opportunity to read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.
Going to share my notes and highlights as I read the book. The book itself, obviously, needs no introduction. (1/n)
Going to share my notes and highlights as I read the book. The book itself, obviously, needs no introduction. (1/n)
One page into it, and it is already clear that the book is a literary masterpiece. Have to read a few lines again and again to appreciate the writing.
One such lime follows as Al Mustafa gears to leave the city he has lived in for last 12 years. Right from the first page (2/n)
One such lime follows as Al Mustafa gears to leave the city he has lived in for last 12 years. Right from the first page (2/n)
"Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache."
I cannot comment on these lines. (3/n)
I cannot comment on these lines. (3/n)
On Love:
"And When he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden."
Don't let the inevitably of pain that accompanies love drive you away from it. (4/n)
"And When he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden."
Don't let the inevitably of pain that accompanies love drive you away from it. (4/n)
On Love:
"For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you"
"And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
Love has no goal or objective. Love is complete in itself. (5/n)
"For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you"
"And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
Love has no goal or objective. Love is complete in itself. (5/n)
On Marriage:
"But let there be spaces in your togetherness"
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love"
These two lines have the potential to run many marriage counselors out of business. (6/n)
"But let there be spaces in your togetherness"
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love"
These two lines have the potential to run many marriage counselors out of business. (6/n)
On Children:
"You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts."
Don't cast your children in your own image. Don't thrust your dreams upon them. They are meant to live in the world of tomorrow, not yesterday. (7/n)
"You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts."
Don't cast your children in your own image. Don't thrust your dreams upon them. They are meant to live in the world of tomorrow, not yesterday. (7/n)
On Giving:
"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
And give without a sense of superiority or charity. It is the life which gives; you are a mere go-between. (8/n)
"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
And give without a sense of superiority or charity. It is the life which gives; you are a mere go-between. (8/n)
On Joy and Sorrow:
"When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
You can't have joy without sorrow. In order to avoid sorrow, you would have to avoid joy too. (9/n)
"When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
You can't have joy without sorrow. In order to avoid sorrow, you would have to avoid joy too. (9/n)
On Freedom:
"For you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfillment."
Freedom is not a distant goal, freedom is the present state of mind. (10/n)
"For you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfillment."
Freedom is not a distant goal, freedom is the present state of mind. (10/n)
On Pain:
"Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity"
Acceptance. Acceptance makes it much easier to go through pain. (11/n)
"Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity"
Acceptance. Acceptance makes it much easier to go through pain. (11/n)
On a Good Teacher:
"If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind."
A good teacher doesn't teach what he knows, he makes the student aware of & reflect upon what the student already knows. (12/n)
"If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind."
A good teacher doesn't teach what he knows, he makes the student aware of & reflect upon what the student already knows. (12/n)
On Silence:
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts."
"And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered."
I have nothing to add to the beauty of these lines and will maintain my silence.
(13/n)
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts."
"And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered."
I have nothing to add to the beauty of these lines and will maintain my silence.
(13/n)
On Religion:
"Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all."
And this completes the thread. (14/14)
"Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all."
And this completes the thread. (14/14)
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