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.
Ameen RihaniFire and light compete today in the East. But there is a lot of green firewood in this fire, and there is a lot of smoke in that light.
Ameen RihaniGenius 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.
Ameen Rihani