Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such.

Freedom of the Spirit is the cornerstone of all freedom.

If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.

Our Phoenician ancestors never left anything they undertook unfinished. Consider what they accomplished in their days, and the degree of culture they attained.

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.

Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is that of slaves.

Training the will in trivial and grave matters increases its strength and flexibility, and enables man to constantly strive and persevere.