I am for reformation by emigration. The emigration of the mind before the revolution of the state. The soul and mind must be free before one has a right to be a member of a free government. — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
Knowledge is one of our direst needs. But it is insufficient on its own. If knowledge was stripped from true up-bringing, it would increase… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
The broader and higher aspects of life are international… There is a goal towards which all nations gravitate, and there is a common ground… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
If I were capable of assisting someone, I would do it in a manner that would cause the person seeking assistance to work, so… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
Mutual tolerance is the stepping stone to mutual respect. A hospitable mind is the key to a neighboring or an alien spirit, looked by… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
Like matter itself, an ideal is mutable, but indestructible. It does not die; it only undergoes a change. — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
Breathless and unharmed, we emerge from the mazes of metaphysics and psychology where man and the soul are playing hide-and-seek. — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
We can not understand each other, if our sympathies are always safely tucked away; we can not understand each other, if our approaches are… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other. — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
In the desert you become a discoverer. You discover your soul, which had been submerged in vain pursuits, which had been lost in the… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
I am the East. I have philosophies, I have religions, who would exchange them for airplanes? — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
The duties I ask of myself are obligatory for absolutely every individual, everywhere. Moreover, just as I recognize these rights and duties of others,… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need for morals… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience. — Ameen Rihani Copy Share
