Ameen Rihani
Ameen Rihani
Ameen Rihani, was a Lebanese Arab-American writer, intellectual and political activist. He was also a major figure in the mahjar literary movement developed by Arab emigrants in North America, and an early theorist of Arab nationalism. He became an American citizen in 1901...
NationalityLebanese
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth24 November 1876
CountryLebanon
spirit cornerstones
Freedom of the Spirit is the cornerstone of all freedom.
government soul mind
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.
light three source
Light, Love, and Will - the one is as necessary as the other; the one is dangerous without the others. Light, Love, and Will are the three eternal, vital sources of the higher, truer, purer cosmic life.
perseverance want faces
I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.
balance matter bigger
I deposit in many banks including the bank of wisdom. The more I draw on my accounts, no matter how big the sum, the bigger my balance becomes
boundaries breasts no-boundaries
No boundaries exist in our breast: We are free .
causes persons assistance
If I were capable of assisting someone, I would do it in a manner that would cause the person seeking assistance to work, so he assists himself.
spiritual people inspire
If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.
thinking sea pyramids
An object is great in proportion to its power of resistance to time and the elements. That is why we think the pyramids are great. But see, the desert is greater than the pyramids, and the sea is greater than the desert, and the heavens are greater than the sea.
triumph defeat what-is-life
What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?
culture degrees unfinished
Our Phoenician ancestors never left anything they undertook unfinished. Consider what they accomplished in their days, and the degree of culture they attained.
pride virtue cease
Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such.
culture spirit commerce
Foreign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.
cousin pioneers genius
Genius everywhere is one. In the Orient and in the Occident the deep thinkers are kin, the poets are cousins, the pioneers of the spirit are the messengers of peace and good will to the world. Their works are the open highways between nations, and they themselves are the ever living guardians and guides.