Fire 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.

My American walking shoes are new, and my Oriental eyes are old.

If I were capable of assisting someone, I would do it in a manner that would cause the person seeking assistance to work, so he assists himself.

I am the East. I have philosophies, I have religions, who would exchange them for airplanes?

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

An object is great in proportion to its power of resistance to time and the elements. That is why we think the pyramids are great. But see, the desert is greater than the pyramids, and the sea is greater than the desert, and the heavens are greater than the sea.

I am for reformation by emigration. The emigration of the mind before the revolution of the state. The soul and mind must be free before one has a right to be a member of a free government.