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

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

The footsteps of a pioneer become ultimately the highway of a nation.

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

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.

Yes, I am calling for an intellectual revolution that sweeps away the corruption, absurdity and error, which prevail in morals, customs, traditions, and doctrines.

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