Kahlil Gibran (1883-1991) was a Lebanese artist, poet and writer best known in the western world for his book `The Prophet' (1923). Regarded as a literary and political rebel, his romantic style was part of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, breaking away from the classical school.
Gibran is famed for his inspiring and enlightening writings and sayings which include, "You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts." and "If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were."
This collection contains 100 of Khalil Gibran's most celebrated quotes.
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1991) was a Lebanese artist, poet and writer best known in the western world for his book `The Prophet' (1923). Regarded as a literary and political rebel, his romantic style was part of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, breaking away from the classical school.
He is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind only Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu, and despite emigrating to America, he is still celebrated as a literary hero in Lebanon.
Khalîl Gibran
Khalîl Gibran (1883–1931) est un poète, philosophe et artiste libanais, considéré comme l’un des plus grands écrivains de langue arabe et anglaise du XXe siècle. Né à Bcharré au Liban, il émigre jeune aux États-Unis, où il développe une œuvre marquée par un dialogue entre Orient et Occident. *Le prophète*, publié en 1923, est son chef-d’œuvre le plus célèbre, traduit dans le monde entier et devenu un pilier de la littérature spirituelle et humaniste.
