“ Pleasure is a freedom song, But it is not freedom. ”
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (1923). copy citation
| Author | Kahlil Gibran |
|---|---|
| Source | The Prophet |
| Topic | freedom pleasure |
| Date | 1923 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | The Prophet |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Prophet_(Gibran) |
Context
“We cannot ask thee for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us: Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all."Then a hermit, who visited the city once a year, came forth and said, Speak to us of Pleasure. And he answered, saying: Pleasure is a freedom song, But it is not freedom. It is the blossoming of your desires, But it is not their fruit. It is a depth calling unto a height, But it is not the deep nor the high. It is the caged taking wing, But it is not space encompassed.”
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