Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (1923).

Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

— Kahlil Gibran on Friendship

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace." in the context of "Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (1923)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Kahlil Gibran

About Kahlil Gibran

Gibran Khalil Gibran (6 January 1883 – 10 April 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist.