We can not understand each other, if our sympathies are always safely tucked away; we can not understand each other, if our approaches are always academic or conventional; we can not understand each other, if we crawl back into our shells every time we see a worm across our path.

Mutual tolerance is the stepping stone to mutual respect. A hospitable mind is the key to a neighboring or an alien spirit, looked by dogma and guarded by tradition.

Truth breeds power, and truth never perishes.

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.

... And if Europe gives Arabia a railway, Arabia gives Europe an idea - which I think balances the account.

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

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