Kahlil Gibran considered <i>The Prophet</i> his greatest achievement. He said: &quot;I think I&#39;ve never been without <i>The Prophet</i> since I first conceived it in Mount Lebanon. It seems to have been a part of me....I kept the manuscript four years before I delivered it over to my publisher, because I wanted to be sure, I wanted to be very sure, that every word of it was the very best I had to offer.&quot;<br /><i>The Chicago Post</i> said of <i>The Prophet</i>: &quot;Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one&#39;s ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes....If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man&#39;s philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth.&quot;