The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran offers dogma-free universal spiritualism as opposed to orthodox religion - and the poet's vision of spirituality is far from being moralistic. In fact, he urges people to be non-judgmental. The lines from this perennial classic have inspired global luminaries, song lyrics and political speech-writers; they figure in wedding and birthday songs and are at the same time, an integral part of special obituaries around the world. This international best-seller has a way of speaking to people at different stages in their own lives. The Prophet has this magical quality, the more you read it the more you enjoy and relish the words. Gibran's perennial classic has been translated into more than 50 languages and the collection has sold tens of millions of copies since it first came out in 1923.