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

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

No boundaries exist in our breast: We are free .

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

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.

Training the will in trivial and grave matters increases its strength and flexibility, and enables man to constantly strive and persevere.

Knowledge is one of our direst needs. But it is insufficient on its own. If knowledge was stripped from true up-bringing, it would increase man's strength, but not his morals.