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Quotes by Lebanese Authors
"Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking."
"Oftentimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in the recesses of your being.Who knows but that which seems omitted today, waits for tomorrow?Even your body knows its heritage and its rightful need and will not be deceived.And your body is the harp of your soul,And it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds."
"Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour."
"Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth."
"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is."
"I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end."
"No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge."
"I believe the best gift you could ever give a woman is your time."
"To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice."
"If you reveal your secrets to the wind,you should not blame the wind forrevealing them to the trees."
"Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers."
"There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence."
"The American dream is what has kept Americans from rebelling against corporate corruption.Now that 2/3 of us know it's dead, expect anything."
"When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, "Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful."
"Suffer not yet our eyes to hunger for your face."
"Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world."
"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents."
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
"You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree."
"If you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing."
"Who can separate his faith from his actions or his belief from his occupations?"
"Life without love is like a tree without blossom and fruit."
"You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good, you are only loitering and sluggard."
"You are my brother and I love you. I love you worshipping in your church, kneeling in your temple, and praying in your mosque. You and I and all are children of one religion, for the varied paths of religion are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being, extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, anxious to receive all."
"The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold."
"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were."
"Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone,And a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse."
"The Syrians are trying to say that the Lebanese are not capable of ruling themselves."
"Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination."
"We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?"
"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."
"I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because he will find an easy way to do it."
"Would the child you were yesterday admire the person you are today? If not, adjust for desired results."
"Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of the Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts."
"A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?"
"Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being."
"Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon."
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you."
"Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful."
"What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?"
"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself."
"It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving."
"Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it."
"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream."
"And let your board stand an altar on which the pure and the innocent of forest and plain are sacrificed for that which is purer and still more innocent in man."
"For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance."
"The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision."
"I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that "spark" yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do."
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