The Madman His Parables And Poems — Halil Cibran

He is the William Blake of the twentieth century Auguste Rodin His is an irresistible vigor and clarity of thought and feeling together with a power of simple picturing which makes it unforgettable It is the voice and genius of the Arabic people The New York Evening Post Never have I read anything like it never has a little book brought me so deep and passionate a pleasure He has breathed the spirit of the East on our cold and indifferent souls and I for one feel almost as if I had been suffocated by the breath of an intense beauty The Liberator