Quotes by Khalil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran was born in Ottoman Lebanon, emigrated as a child to Boston, and wrote in both Arabic and English. The Prophet, published in 1923, consists of twenty-six short sermons delivered by a departing sage on love, work, children and death. Critics dismissed it; it has never been out of print and has sold tens of millions of copies. It is read at weddings and funerals in dozens of countries, which is a fair definition of what he was aiming at.