Sand and foam

"Sand and Foam" by Khalil Gibran (1926) is a poetic philosophical book that contains wisdom, proverbs, and deep reflections on love, life, death, and existence, in a symbolic moral style. The book represents "a handful of sand and a fistful of foam" — according to Gibran's description — reflecting the fragility of human life and the depth of feelings, calling for contemplation of the essence of man and the world in a high literary style.