And forget not that the earth delights

This is a quote from the book The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran, “And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”

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If you’re interested, you can read an excerpt from the book here.

The Prophet – Summary

Here is the book summary from Goodreads:

Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.

The Prophet 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 as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.

Copyright © 1923 by Kahlil Gibran.

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