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Quotes by Lebanese Authors
"And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles.Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain.You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees."
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution."
"You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish."
"You are good when you strive to give of yourself."
"The significance of a man is not in what he attains but rather in what he longs to attain."
"For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly."
"The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion respect longing patience regret surprise and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love."
"Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness."
"No human relation gives one possession in another-every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone."
"Art thou like me, child of my darkest heart? And dost thou think my untamed thoughts and speak my vast language? "Yea, we are twin brothers, O, Night; for thou revealest space and I reveal my soul."
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."
"Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. I make money studying natural stupidity."
"And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:Your seeds shall live in my body,And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,And your fragrance shall be my breath,And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons."
"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans, in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence."
"Wenn [der Lehrer] wirklich weise ist, fordert er euch nicht auf, ins Haus seiner Weisheit einzutreten, sondern fA1?4hrt euch an die Schwelle eures eigenen Geistes."
"When you part from your friend, you grieve not;For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, asthe mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain."
"You may judge others only according to your knowledge of yourself."
"I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward."
"For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live.For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.And in th sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."
"The longer you fight, the stronger you become."
"And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?"
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness."
"Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive."
"You make such a noise falling! You scatter all my winter dreams."
"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one."
"Make your money on the buy, not the sell; this is true in any investment whether it's real estate, business, or the stock market."
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."
"Beauty is a thing of might and dread.Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us."
"If a problem can be solved by writing a check, it's not a problem, it's an expense."
"The best way to develop people is to constantly get them out of their comfort zone."
"Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music."
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts."
"My house says to me, "Do not leave me, for here dwells your past."And the road says to me, "Come and follow me, for I am your future."And I say to both my house and the road, "I have no past, nor have I a future. If I stay here, there is a going in my staying; and if I go there is a staying in my going. Only love and death will change all things."
"The real in us is silent, the acquired is talkative."
"On a moonless night a man entered into his neighbour's garden and stole the largest melon he could find and brought it home.He opened it and found it still unripe.Then behold a marvel!The man's conscience woke and smote him with remorse, and he repented having stolen the melon."
"He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked.The wind and the sun will tear no holes in his skin."
"No one is fearless. The difference between achievers and everyone else is that they take action despite their fears."
"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
"I tell you as well as myself: what we see with our own eyes is nothing other than a cloud concealing what we should perceive with our inner sight, while what we listen to with our ears is merely a ringing sound disturbing what we should understand with our hearts. When we see a man being taken to prion by a police officer let us not hasten to assume he is a wrong-doer. When we see a corpse, and a man standing beside it with bloodstained hands, let us not conclude that this is a victim and his assassin. When we hear one man singing and another lamenting, let us ascertain which one of the two is truly happy."
"Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction."
"Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you, and make you happy. If you know people who do none of these things, let them go."
"You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore...But let there be spaces in your togetherness...Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not of the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music."
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