The broader and higher aspects of life are international.... There is a goal towards which all nations gravitate, and there is a common ground upon which all nations meet.

True up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare; the welfare of the body and that of the mind.

Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.

I 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

Foreign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.

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

Mutual tolerance is the stepping stone to mutual respect. A hospitable mind is the key to a neighboring or an alien spirit, looked by dogma and guarded by tradition.