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    The Madman - His Parables & Poems (Illustrated): Inspiring Tales from the Renowned Philosopher and Artist, Author of The Prophet, Spirits Rebellious & Jesus The Son of Man
    The Madman - His Parables & Poems (Illustrated): Inspiring Tales from the Renowned Philosopher and Artist, Author of The Prophet, Spirits Rebellious & Jesus The Son of Man
    The Madman - His Parables & Poems (Illustrated): Inspiring Tales from the Renowned Philosopher and Artist, Author of The Prophet, Spirits Rebellious & Jesus The Son of Man
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    The Madman - His Parables & Poems (Illustrated): Inspiring Tales from the Renowned Philosopher and Artist, Author of The Prophet, Spirits Rebellious & Jesus The Son of Man

    By Kahlil Gibran

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    "You ask me how I became a madman. It happened thus: One day, long before many gods were born, I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen,--the seven masks I have fashioned and worn in seven lives,--I ran maskless through the crowded streets shouting, "Thieves, thieves, the cursed thieves." Men and women laughed at me and some ran to their houses in fear of me." (The Madman)
    Words of wisdom from the poet-madman is inspiring and soul-searching.
    Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and philosopher. Regarded as a literary and political rebel, his romantic style was at the heart of the renaissance in modern Arabic literature.
    TABLE OF CONTENTS:
    The Madman: His Parables And Poems
    Sketches & Paintings of Kahlil Gibran
    Inspirational Quotes
    LanguageEnglish
    Publishere-artnow
    Release dateNov 9, 2015
    ISBN9788026846697
    The Madman - His Parables & Poems (Illustrated): Inspiring Tales from the Renowned Philosopher and Artist, Author of The Prophet, Spirits Rebellious & Jesus The Son of Man
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    Kahlil Gibran

    Poet, philosopher, and artist, Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931) was born in Lebanon. The millions of Arabic-speaking peoples familiar with his writings in that language consider him the genius of his age and he was a man whose fame and influence spread far beyond the country of his birth. His poetry has been translated into more than twenty languages and his drawings and paintings have been exhibited in the great capitals of the world and compared by Auguste Rodin to the work of William Blake.

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      The Madman - His Parables & Poems (Illustrated) - Kahlil Gibran

      The Madman: His Parables And Poems

      Table of Contents

      How I Became A Madman

      God

      My Friend

      The Scarecrow

      The Sleep-Walkers

      The Wise Dog

      The Two Hermits

      On Giving and Taking

      The Seven Selves

      War

      The Fox

      The Wise King

      Ambition

      The New Pleasure

      The Other Language

      The Pomegranate

      The Two Cages

      The Three Ants

      The Grave-Digger

      On the Steps of the Temple

      The Blessed City

      The Good God and the Evil God

      Defeat

      Night and the Madman

      Faces

      The Greater Sea

      Crucified

      The Astronomer

      The Great Longing

      Said a Blade of Grass

      The Eye

      The Two Learned Men

      When My Sorrow Was Born

      And When my Joy was Born

      The Perfect World

      How I Became A Madman

      Table of Contents

      You ask me how I became a madman. It happened thus: One day, long before many gods were born, I woke from a deep sleep and found all my masks were stolen,—the seven masks I have fashioned and worn in seven lives,—I ran maskless through the crowded streets shouting, Thieves, thieves, the cursed thieves.

      Men and women laughed at me and some ran to their houses in fear of me.

      And when I reached the market place, a youth standing on a house-top cried, He is a madman. I looked up to behold him; the sun kissed my own naked face for the first time. For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more. And as if in a trance I cried, Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks.

      Thus I became a madman.

      And I have found both freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.

      But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief.

      God

      Table of Contents

      In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips, I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto God, saying, Master, I am thy slave. Thy hidden will is my law and I shall obey thee for ever more.

      But God made no answer, and like a mighty tempest passed away.

      And after a thousand years I ascended the holy mountain and again spoke unto God, saying, Creator, I am thy creation. Out of clay hast thou fashioned me and to thee I owe mine all.

      And God made no answer, but like a thousand swift wings passed away.

      And after a thousand years I climbed the holy mountain and spoke unto God again, saying, "Father, I am thy son. In pity and love thou hast given me

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