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Quotes by Lebanese Authors
"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."
"He suffered much, but he understood the mystery of pain: he knew that tears make all things shine."
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts."
"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."
"But you, children of space, you restless in rest, you shall not be trapped nor tamed."
"A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun."
"Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop."
"Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem."
"Nothing ever stays the same. Just because things aren't good now doesn't mean they will be that way forever....Never quit."
"Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and nights."
"Never put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
"The best way to develop people is to constantly get them out of their comfort zone."
"Fear not the phantom of death, My Countrymen, for his greatnessAnd mercy will refuse to approachYour smallness; and dread not the Dagger, for it will decline to beLodged in your shallow hearts."
"Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams."
"You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept."
"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."
"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."
"For Lebanon to have any future, gotta adopt a resolute policy v/s terrorism. Whoever plots against the land should bear the consequences."
"Reason ruling alone is a force confining and passion unattended is a flame that burns to its own destruction."
"Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction."
"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."
"Never forget who was with you from the start....The people who stick by you at your worst, deserve to enjoy being with you at your best."
"For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly."
"The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves."
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing - the ability to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances."
"You want something real bad? Go after it with ferocity like if your life depended on it and never ever surrender. Only a question of time."
"Believing is a fine thing, but putting those beliefs into execution is a test of strength."
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."
"Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof."
"He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy."
"Behind the veil of each night, there is a smiling dawn."
"You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.This is but half the truth.You are also as strong as your strongest link.To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the oceanby the frailty of its foam.To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy."
"My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear - a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence."
"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."
"The professors in the academy say, "Do not make the model more beautiful than she is, and my soul whispers, "O if you could only paint the model as beautiful as she really is."
"I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength."
"Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters."
"What is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?"
"The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.... Always remember that."
"Never blame anyone in life. The good people give you happiness. The worst people give you a lesson. The best people give you memories."
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