# The PROPHET ![rw-book-cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/413LhEoBoBL._SL200_.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Khalil Gibran]] - Full Title: The PROPHET - Category: #books ## Highlights - So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast. ([Location 154](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01A7KOY9K&location=154)) - Tags: [[favorite]] - You may give them your love but not your thoughts, ([Location 210](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01A7KOY9K&location=210)) - Tags: [[favorite]] - It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ([Location 225](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01A7KOY9K&location=225)) - Tags: [[favorite]]