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Quotes by Lebanese Authors
"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."
"Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind.Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward."
"I have a yearning for my beautiful country, and I love its people because of their misery. But if my people rose, simulated by plunder and motivated by what they call "patriotic spirit" to murder, and invaded my neighbour's country, then upon the committing of any human atrocity I would hate my people and my country."
"Nothing ever stays the same. Just because things aren't good now doesn't mean they will be that way forever....Never quit."
"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit."
"Don't ever confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am. My attitude always depends on who you are."
"No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge."
"Yes there is a Nirvanah: it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture and in putting your child to sleep and in writing the last line of your poem."
"Work smart, stay informed, never give up, and great things will happen."
"Let your home be you mast and not your anchor."
"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."
"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."
"I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward."
"For how can a tyrant rule the free and the proud, but for a tyranny in their own freedom and a shame in their own pride?"
"In much of your talking thinking is half murdered."
"Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes."
"And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?"
"An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind."
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only option you have left."
"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."
"Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood."
"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 ."
"If you can see only what light reveals and hear only what sound announces, then in truth you do not see nor do you hear."
"Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it's said, the MOMENT after it's missed and the TIME after it's gone. Now you know."
"If a problem can be solved by writing a check, it's not a problem, it's an expense."
"The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea; And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes. But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure; And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless. 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."
"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."
"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."
"The house that does not comfort the needy is worthy of naught but destruction."
"Smile, my beloved, like the gold smiles from my father's coffers."
"Accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief."
"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take."
"And a man said, speak to us of self-knowledge.and he answered, saying: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.And it is well that you should.The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;and the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.For self is a sea boundless and measureless."
"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful idiots are always asking, "What's in it for me"?"
"The 2 greatest equalizers in life: Education and the Internet."
"In a victory speech, I always like to thank the opposition, because without their help and stupidity, I couldn't have won."
"Always remember: When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves."
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