Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet" is a book that has touched many people very deeply since its publishing in 1923. It has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American edition alone has sold more than four million copies. It is considered both by Gibran himself and by the general public to be his literary masterpiece. "The Prophet" is about a man who is leaving a small town called Orphalese where he has made his home for the past twelve years. He has, for that period, been waiting for a boat to take him back to the land of his youth. We are not told where that land is, only that he has been waiting to return there for twelve years. The entire book occurs on the date of his departure. As he is about to leave, the townsfolk stop him in the town and request that he tell them about certain things. He talks to them about life's lessons and imparts his wisdom to them. He is asked about giving, and he tells the people to give without recognition because their reward is their joy. He also talks about things like marriage, work, friendship, and also love. He speaks about each, and more, describing the way that people should deal with each issue. This book is interesting. It is ninety-three pages of life's lessons set down in writing. These are words to live by and tell others to live by. This book is certainly a book that everyone should read. Even if people don't agree with some of the beliefs, they should still read the book, if only to get their mind thinking about life and its many quandaries from a different perspective. This book is not unlike the musings of an aging man imparting his life's lessons to an audience of just about anyone whom he can gather to listen to him. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Its lessons and stories are wise beyond the ages, and still, hold up to be as true today as they were when Gibran wrote them in 1923. The lessons enumerated within these pages are lessons that one would hope were followed by the general population, and I know that if more people read this book, then the world as a whole might become a more easily survivable place.