I am the East. I have philosophies, I have religions, who would exchange them for airplanes?

True up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare; the welfare of the body and that of the mind.

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.

Whether you were Moslem, Christian, Druze, or Israeli, remember, God protect thee, that religious fanaticism for political goals or political fanaticism for religious purposes is the worst kind of fanaticism.

In the Lakes of Light, Love and Will, I would baptize all mankind.

The will is the spirit of perseverance, and perseverance holds clear success.

Foreign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.