If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
Almustafa (Kahlil Gibran)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Prophet (1923), On Death; Two consecutive complete sentences from the public-domain original English book. Full On Death section read at the Academy of American Poets. Almitra asks the question; Almustafa answers. A spiritual metaphor about life and death, not a scientific assertion; no translat
- The Prophet (1923), On Death
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