A man of distinguished, beautiful eloquence, and persistent, over pressing thought... Ameen Rihani was one of the foremost pioneers of modern illumination. He firmly believed in the significance of reviving the Arab spirit and protecting the freedom of thought and… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight. — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
No love is Love that subjugates the Lover. No love is Love that feeds on flesh and blood. No love is Love that draws… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
“Rejoice, Micayon. Yours is a prophet’s dream. The Great Nostalgia has made your world too small, and made you a stranger in that world. It has unloosed your imagination from the grip of the despotic senses; and imagination has brought you forth your Faith. And Faith shall lift you high above the stagnant, stifling world and carry you across the… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share
“Be kind to men of every race and clime, my companions. They are the food for your God-ward journey. But be especially kind to… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
Your breath upon the wind shall surely lodge within some breast. Ask not whose breast it is. See only that the breath itself be… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
“The really poor is he who misuses what he has. The really rich is he who well uses what he has.” — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
Love is the only freedom from attachment. When you love everything, you are attached to nothing. — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
If then, your world be such a baffling riddle, it is because you are that baffling riddle. And if your speech be such a… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
“If you would truly govern men, dive to their utmost depths. For men are more than foaming waves. But to dive to the utmost… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
“Once Understanding is unveiled, then victory is won and Peace established in the heart for ever and anon. An understanding heart is ever at peace even amid a war-dazed world. An ignorant heart is a dual heart. A dual heart makes for a dual world. A dual world breeds constant strife and war. Whereas an understanding heart is a single… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share
“Seek no authority over the lives of men; of that the Omniwill is master. Nor seek authority over the goods of men; for men are chained so much to their goods as to their lives, and they distrust and hate the meddlers with their chains. But seek a way into the hearts of men through Love and Understanding; for once… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share
