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Suresh (@ 61.1*) on: Thu Dec 4 08:02:22 EST 2003
Sweet like sugar is Gibran. So was Herman Hesse. Wonder if under the sublime is a storm, a brewing madness, an obsession with death, a raging fever that consumes them in their tempestuous personal lives. I have read The Prophet and liked it. That he lost his sister and himself to tuberculosis and mother to cancer, father to drinking, and ill-health dogging him may have something to do with the billiance of his works which is all he would want us to remember him by. Dark searing truths smolder to precious diamonds. Truth is beauty, beauty truth and both god. Men like him are not born every day. So sad is we dont see them even if they are amidst us. He does open our eyes.
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NITIN (@ 61.0*) on: Wed Dec 10 02:51:13 EST 2003
BOOK OF MIRDAD IS A FASCINATING STORY WITH A CAPACITY TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE A MUST READ
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evano_oruvan (@ 203.*) on: Wed Dec 10 04:38:58 EST 2003
i have read one.. THE PROPHET...
i liked it.. he carries on with ease life and religion the same way paulo coelho does. but, definitely i wud rate kahlil a step above the others.
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iggy baba bebe booboo (@ cach*) on: Fri Dec 12 10:55:03 EST
Khalil Gibran i stopped reading
coz to my mind he was only feeding
sorrow and pessimism and a helpless feeling
He has captured in his works eternal sorrow
His philosophy i cannot borrow
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abid ali (@ cach*) on: Mon Dec 15 16:17:56 EST 2003
i think every think is kidding
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maravantu (@ 202.*) on: Tue Dec 16 10:29:42 EST 2003
With a single smile a woman can veil her face
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Unmaivilembi (@ 166.*) on: Wed Dec 17 01:52:58 EST 2003
Friends,
I share a quote from Gibran:
"It were wiser to speak less of God, Whom we cannot understand, and more of each other, whom we may understand. Yet I would have you know that we are the breath and the fragrance of God. We are God, in leaf, in flower, and oftentimes in fruit."
I like his philosophy. If all of us can practise this, we will have more peace and happiness in this planet.
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LULU (@ ) on: Thu Apr 8 20:40:51
KAHLIL GIBRAN............
WHEN I HEAR YOUR NAME AND READ YOUR THE BROKEN WINGS............MY HEART TO BE BROKEN............
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D. Hadinoto (@ zep1*) on: Fri Apr 16 03:34:23 EDT 2004
Well, he is a great writer. I have some questions:
1. What is the correct name: Khalil or Kahlil Gibran?
2. Has he ever changed his religion?
Thank you.
Hadinoto
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Annabelle St.Germain (@ 229.*) on: Sun May 23 19:34:09
I believe "The Prophet" to be one of Gibran's greatest works because he speaks from the heart of truth, love and understanding. Through patience, love and understanding we find wisdom. For me, this work is akin to a bible because he was really "in touch" with the "divine source" of all things. His beautiful quotes from "The Prophet" stay with me always, such as ..."A man and a woman should be like the strings of a harp, each one seperate, vibrating with its own sound, but together making music." Also, when the Prophet spoke on good and evil..."Of the good in you I can speak, but not the evil. For what is "evil" but "good" tortured by its own hunger and thirst? And when "good" hungers and thirsts, it will search in dark caves and drink even of dead waters." In these words we can find divine compassion, love and understanding for all human beings. If you only read "The Prophet" once, read it again and again because the words are love made visible.
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