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Quotes by Lebanese Authors
"For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended,is a flame that burns to its own destruction."
"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."
"Let your home be you mast and not your anchor."
"Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will in us that willeth.It is thy desire in us that desireth. It is thy urge in us that would turn our nights, which are thine, into days which are thine also. We cannot ask thee for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us: Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all."
"Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth." Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path." For the soul walks upon all paths.The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals."
"For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible."
"And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
"Don't be afraid to make people mad. Your honesty will inspire your true followers. I piss off tons of people every day."
"I loved him not, yet I did not hate Him. I listened to Him not to hear His words but rather he sound of His voice; for His voice pleased me. All that He said was vague to my mind, but the music thereof was clear to my ear. Indeed were it not for what others have said to me of His teaching, I should not have known even so much as whether He was with Judea or against it."
"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were."
"You pray in your distress and in your need would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."
"Then a ploughman said , speak to us of work : in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life ,And to love life throught labour is to be intimate with inmost secrets .And what is it to work with love ?it is to weave the colth with threads from your heart , even as if your beloved were to wear that colth .It is to build a house with affection , even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house .It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy , even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit .It is to change all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit .He who works in marble , and finds the shape of his own soul in the stone , is nobler than he who ploughs the soil."
"An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper."
"Dig anywhere in the earth and you will find a treasure, only you must dig with the faith of a peasant."
"Capitalism without Bankruptcy is like Catholicism without Hell."
"If you make a hiring mistake, make the change quickly. Don't ignore problems. Don't assume it will get better."
"The breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind."
"In much of your talking thinking is half murdered."
"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. The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable."
"Power lasts ten years, influence not more than a hundred."
"Never worry about what you can't control...Focus on what you can."
"Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving."
"Our debts don't leave us much in terms of choices. We can choose to pay now or try to pay later. But the longer we wait the steeper the bill."
"Darkness may hide the treesand the flowers from the eyesbut it cannot hidelove from the soul."
"Never blame anyone in life. The good people give you happiness. The worst people give you a lesson. The best people give you memories."
"Speak not of peoples and laws andKingdoms, for the whole earth isMy birthplace and all humans areMy brothers."
"The real measure of your "wealth" is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."
"Believing is a fine thing, but putting those beliefs into execution is a test of strength."
"He who is more mindful of one, loses the love and the faith of both."
"The ones who say "you can't" and "you won't" are probably the ones that are scared that you will."
"NEVER accept "conventional wisdom" when it comes to finance. If others keep failing, why do you want to follow them?"
"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."
"They say: 'If a man knew himself,he would know all mankind.'I say: 'If a man loved mankind,he would know something of himself."
"Shall the day of parting be the day of gathering?And shall it be said that my eve was in truth my dawn?"
"Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood."
"Be a good person but do not waste time to prove it."
"Words are useless without action. Stop fantasizing and just DO it. Be a "game changer" or get played like an idiot."
"Then said a teacher , speak to us of teaching . And he said :The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple among his followers gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.The astronomer may spaeak to you of his understanding of space , but he cannot give you his understanding.The musician may sing to you of the rythem which is in all space , but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rythem nor the voice that echoes it .And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure , but he cannot conduct you thither .For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man ."
"I cannot tarry longer. The sea that calls all things unto her calls me."
"Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and nights."
"Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof."
"As you grow older, you realize it becomes less important to have more friends and more important to have real ones.People nowadays don't know the true meaning of friendship and loyalty.People always suddenly miss you more once they see how much happier you are without them.Learn the real from the fake....and don't worry about the mistakes you make.There are no mistakes in life, just lessons.The only people worthy to be in your life are the ones that help you through the hard times and laugh with you after the hard times pass."
"Never measure or compare yourself to anyone other than your past self, seek to always improve & you'll be happy and successful."
"Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do."
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