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The Secrets of the Heart Kindle Edition

by Kahlil Gibran (Author), Martin L. Wolf (Editor), Anthony Rizcallah Ferris (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
An early collection of Kahlil Gibran’s writings, showcasing the many styles of this prolific thinker, all profoundly beautiful Kahlil Gibran reveals his vision of the soul and understanding of the world—past, present, and future—in this rich sampling of more than twenty works. Prose tales, fables, and poems evoke the mystic East and form a world at once powerful, tender, joyous, and melancholy. This collection, penned when Gibran was still a young writer, reveals many of the themes and styles plumbed throughout his life, including his lifelong struggle against injustice in “The Crucified,” his heart-wrenching lament for a Lebanon shackled by tradition and politics in “My Countrymen,” and his masterful use of symbolism and simile in “The Secrets of the Heart.” A writer with infinite abilities, Gibran continually seeks true beauty, no matter the form. 
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    December 20, 2011
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“Your souls are suffering the pangs / Of hunger, and yet the fruit of / Knowledge is more plentiful than / The stones of the valleys.” —from “My Countrymen” “You are numerous, and I am alone—you may do unto me what you wish; the wolves prey upon the lamb in the darkness of the night, but the blood stains remain upon the stones in the valley until the dawn comes, and the sun reveals the crime to all.” —from “John the Madman” “I have journeyed these twenty five years / With the earth and the sun and the planets / Through the Supreme Infinite; yet, my soul / Yearns for understanding of the Eternal Law / As the hollow grotto reverberates with the / Echo of the wave of the sea, but never fills.” —from “The Day of My Birth” 

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Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) was an essayist, novelist, and mystic poet. He wrote The Prophet, a collection of philosophical essays that went on to become one of the bestselling books of the twentieth century. Though he was born in Lebanon, he moved to Boston’s South End as a child and studied art with Auguste Rodin in Paris for two years before launching his literary career. Much of Gibran’s work contains themes of religion and Christianity as well as spiritual love.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0065YE83U
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Philosophical Library/Open Road (December 20, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 20, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.2 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 354 pages
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Kahlil Gibran

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Kahlil Gibran: full Arabic name Gibran Khalil Gibran, (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League.

Kahlil Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (north of modern-day Lebanon), to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran(Rahmeh). As a young man Kahlil emigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in English and Arabic. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero.

He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again, especially in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi.

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  • Pranaya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
    Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2012
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    Great book
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    must read, great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great not that much great i was just avoiding to write a lot.. Now that i think of its Ironic :P
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2018
    I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more of his works. His writing is simple but explains everything in vivid details.
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  • Jaime
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, spiritual, introspective. Absolutely love this.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2015
    Perfect 10, the more volumes of Gibran I read the more I crave. Deeply stirred my soul, spiraled my thoughts.
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    Reviewed in India on August 18, 2014
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    Beautiful array of thought provoking poetry that will only open your mind.
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