Quotes By Ameen Rihani
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• Like matter itself, an ideal is mutable, but indestructible. It does not die; it only undergoes a change...

• Like the seasons of the year, like history, truth always repeats itself...

• My wish is to live without disliking anyone, to love without being Jealous of anyone, to rise without being elevated over anyone, and to advance witout stepping on anyone or becoming envious of those above me...

• We are, in a word, drifting away from the path of vision. We no longer find Joy, as did the ancients, in pure thought. Pragmatism and utilitarianism are our god...

• ...We often choose the line of least resistance. We must be practical and we must have our creature comforts. Moreover, we expect, we insist upon, our reward within a certain time in the material things of the world...We are a practical people--very busy--In a hurry. We have no time for either...

• Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing.....Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power.....A thought in the crucible of life melts into the thought of the world.....The footsteps of a pioneer become ultimately the highway of a nation.....Every human action, collective or otherwise, has in it the possibility of a creative or destructive force...