“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth... Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness.”
The Prophet was published in 1923 and has been translated into more languages than any other book except the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita. The 'On Children' chapter is the most read passage on parenthood in modern literature.
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