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

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.

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

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.

We must strive to form a comprehensive sublime nationalism whose first principal is national geographic unity and must strengthen this unity with deeds not with words.

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

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