Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.

We have to dissolve all the denominations in order to form from them the greater denomination of the homeland.

At this moment, my soul is in Lebanon, my heart in Paris, and my body in New York.

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.

I renounce falsehood, whatsoever be the guise it assumes, and I embrace truth, wheresoever I find it.

My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

The broader and higher aspects of life are international.... There is a goal towards which all nations gravitate, and there is a common ground upon which all nations meet.