The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.
Ameen RihaniI deposit in many banks including the bank of wisdom. The more I draw on my accounts, no matter how big the sum, the bigger my balance becomes
Ameen RihaniTrue up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare; the welfare of the body and that of the mind.
Ameen RihaniI state the threefold purpose of my travels in Arabia: to see the country, to write about it and to be of some service to its people and their cause - that is what brought me from beyond the seas, from America.
Ameen RihaniIn the desert you become a discoverer. You discover your soul, which had been submerged in vain pursuits, which had been lost in the coils and toils of modern life. You discover your kinship with nature and man, which is evoked by the naturalness and the gentle humanity of the natives of the desert, and you will also discover God.
Ameen Rihani