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Quotes by Lebanese Authors
"But I say that even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you,So the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also."
"The Reality of The Other Person Lies Not In What He Reveals To You, But What He Cannot Reveal To You.Therefore, If You Would Understand Him, Listen Not To What He Says, But Rather To What He Does Not Say."
"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."
"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."
"If you are bitter, that means they got the best of you. If they got the best of you, that means they won."
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky."
"Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert."
"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."
"He suffered much, but he understood the mystery of pain: he knew that tears make all things shine."
"Behind the veil of each night, there is a smiling dawn."
"In the summer heat the reapers say, "We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair."
"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."
"One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's."
"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."
"And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fullfilment. you should be free indeed when your days are not without care nor your nights without a word and a grief, but rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked unbound."
"Make decisions even with incomplete info. You'll never have all the info you need. What matters is what you do with the info you have."
"No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge."
"Building a business is like creating a picture & striving to be picture perfect in everything you do."
"Why do people look to the government to fix the economy? It's mind-boggling."
"Your best friends should bring out the best in you. If they don't, lose them; they are no friends."
"Challenge conventional wisdom. There is almost always a better way."
"Long ago you were a dream in your mother's sleep, and then she awoke to give you birth."
"I too am my own forerunner, though I sit in the shadows of my trees and seem motionless."
"No matter the situation, never let your emotions overpower your intelligence."
"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."
"If you can't fire your best friend or your brother, don't hire them."
"I believe Innovation is more likely to emerge from a culture of encouragement."
"Self is a sea boundless and measureless."
"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."
"You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps.Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping.For those who limp go not backwards.But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness."
"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. Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater."But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy."
"There is something really good to say about humility. Being confident and humble is a great combination, maybe the best of all!"
"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."
"It takes two of us to discover truth: one to utter it and one to understand it."
"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?"
"Drugs have destroyed many people. But wrong government policies have destroyed many more."
"Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.For what is evil but good tortured by it's own hunger and thirst? Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters."
"The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream."
"When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
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