Genius 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.

I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need for morals than for knowledge.

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

What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?

Like matter itself, an ideal is mutable, but indestructible. It does not die; it only undergoes a change.

The heart yields spontaneity; the mind bends to understanding.

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