Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time.The book is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and above all, inspirational. Gibran's musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics such as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, and religion. The book is Gibran's best-known work which has the following salient features: · It has a way of speaking to people at different stages in their lives. · It has this magical quality, the more you read it the more you come to understand the words. · With twelve full-page drawings by Gibran, this beautiful work makes an incredible gift for anyone seeking enlightenment and inspiration. Each essay of this book reveals deep insights into the impulses of the human heart and mind.