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An early-20th-century Lebanese-American writer, Khalil Gibran instilled his poetry and art with his experiences in both the East and West. This selection of quotes, maxims, and aphorisms is drawn from such poems as "Secrets of the Heart", "Spirits Rebellious", and "Broken Wings", as well as from his autobiography and essays. Gibran’s words express a strong spirituality and mysticism and his voice offers a direct and at times optimistic view of the brotherhood of man.

Kahlil Gibran’s reflections on the wistful beauty, lofty majesty, and abiding peace of Eastern wisdom revolutionized Arab literature. This collection of dramatic poems uses the dialogue between age and youth as a platform to discuss deep subjects such as freedom, death, and the eternal soul. From “Of Life and Sorrow” to “Of Science and Knowledge”, Gibran’s vision transcends boundaries of religion and culture, finding beauty and wisdom in the universal struggles of everyday life.

Through his fiction, essays, poems, and art, Kahlil Gibran inspired a devoted international following and transformed modern Arabic literature. In this book, Joseph P. Ghougassian brings together the philosophical elements present across Gibran’s diverse writings, including his best-selling work The Prophet, as well as other significant works such as The Broken Wings, which tells the story of doomed young lovers, and the collection of aphorisms in Sand and Foam.

Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese poet, philosopher, artist, and writer, a genius of his age. His writing was revolutionary for his time. Rebellious Spirits is a collection of short stories that shake listeners out from the slumber of tradition and customs and incite them to rebellion against societal norms and earthly laws. These stories illustrate how the characters rebel against the laws and regulations imposed by authority to suppress the freedom of man.

Historias que nos invitan a reflexionar y nos estimulan con ideas nuevas e inspiradoras. Despojados de las máscaras que ocultan nuestros sentimientos y emociones, nos enfrentamos por primera vez a las grandezas y miserias de nuestra alma. Surge entonces en cada uno de nosotros un loco dispuesto a experimentar la libertad de vivir sin pretextos ni ocultaciones, y, sobre todo, sin la necesidad de que nos comprendan, porque cuando nos comprenden, encasillan y esclavizan algo de nosotros.

La presente obra de parábolas y poemas es considerada por muchos como un trabajo precursor --junto con El Loco-- de la obra que tres años después sería el gran éxito de Gibrán y lo haría mundialmente famosos: El Profeta. En su conjunto, El Precursor es una clara muestra del fino lirismo y de la profundidad filosófica de Gibrán, siempre ajeno a los prolongados argumentos y las tramas complejas.Con su gran economía y una oportunidad impecable, transmite al lector sus conclusiones siempre optimistas y confortantes, reflejo de su luminoso espíritu.

El relato es la continuación del libro escrito doce años antes titulado “El profeta” y cuenta cómo este (sabio e incomprendido) regresa a su tierra y se reúne en su jardín con sus discípulos para dialogar, en inspirado lenguaje poético, de sus profundas intuiciones y reflexiones, a veces paradójicas, sobre la vida y el devenir del ser humano.

A Tear and a Smile is a collection of parables, poems, and short stories from the Lebanese writer and poet Khalil Gibran. Gibran immigrated to the United States with his family as a young man. He is renowned for his poetry in both Arabic and English.

The Forerunner is Gibran's second book in the English language built upon the mystical and spiritual thematic foundations that he had laid down with The Madman. "You are your own forerunner, and the towers you have builded are but the foundation of your giant-self. And that self too shall be a foundation."

Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, must leave the port of Orphalese upon the ship he has waited upon for 12 years. As he descends to the waterfront, the people of Orphalese gather to question him and hear his wisdom on important topics of their daily lives. Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece is a series of enlightening, philosophical answers to those questions. The inspirational and spiritual words of The Prophet, written in an almost Biblical, poetic style, reveal deep insights into each of the subjects in question.

Kahlil Gibran's 'The Madman' was the first book he penned in English. Beautifully written, it is a short collection of parables on God, animals, human nature, and life's big questions. Not as well known as his classic: 'The Prophet', but some would say just as inspirational, or possibly more so. Read the first verse here and decide for yourself, or better still, listen to the sample of Arthur Browns' beautiful narration. You ask me how I became a madman.

Moving philosophy and New Age insights given long ago. The Chicago Post reviewer said, “The words bring to one’s ears the magnificent myths of Ecclesiasticus. The work of a great man.”

World famous 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer. It was originally published in 1923. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 different languages, making it one of the most translated books in history.

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese American of Assyrian descent, an artist, poet and writer. He was born Gibran Khalil Gibran in Lebanon (at the time a Syrian Province of the Ottoman Empire) and spent much of his productive life in the United States. While most of Gibran's early writings were in Syriac and Arabic, most of his work published after 1918 was in English. Gibran also took part in the New York Pen League, also known as the "immigrant poets" (al-mahjar), alongside other important Lebanese American authors.

...y después de comer nos reunimos junto al fuego y le pregunté por sus andanzas. Nos contó muchas historias aquella noche, y también al día siguiente. Pero lo que yo ahora relato nació de la amargura de sus días, aunque él fuera bondadoso, y son relatos que hablan del polvo y la paciencia de su camino. Y cuando nos dejó, tres días después, no sentimos que hubiera partido un huésped, sino más bien que uno de nosotros seguía aún en el jardín y todavía no había entrado.

El Jardín del Profeta de Kahlil Gibran es una obra filosófica y espiritual que continúa la narrativa de Almustafa, el Profeta, de la obra maestra anterior de Gibran, "El Profeta". Ambientada años después de la partida de Almustafa de la ciudad de Orfalese, la historia se desarrolla cuando regresa para compartir más sabiduría con la gente. Gibran explora temas profundos como el amor, la libertad y la condición humana. A través de la prosa poética, Almustafa imparte conocimientos atemporales y anima a los lectores a contemplar las complejidades de la vida.

Familiarícese con los escritores más importantes del siglo XX a través de una cuidadosa selección de 600 citas que introducen sus principales ideas y delinean la estructura de su trabajo con claridad. Descubra nuevos aspectos o profundice en los pensamientos de Ana Frank, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Khalil Gibran, Oscar Wilde, Stefan Zweig, Winston Churchill, para expandir su mente y conocimiento sobre nuestra cultura.

En Alas rotas, Kahlil Gibran descubre la gloria y el dolor del amor joven. Esta historia levemente autobiográfica sigue la tradición de Romeo y Julieta, pero con los ajustes orientales y las imágenes exhuberantes característicos de Gibran. Alas rotas es una historia profunda de los cambios del amor, que explora el tema espiritual del significado de la existencia humana en un mundo que contiene belleza y amor profundos, en medio de las manchas de la avaricia y los dolores del sufrimiento.

La tempestad es una obra que mediante reflexiones filosóficas y morales busca dar un itinerario de acercamiento al "conócete a ti mismo" y a la vida feliz.

Espíritus rebeldes, es un canto a la libertad, a la lucha contra el mal y la opresión.