By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two

There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

In vain we build the city if we do not first build the man.

He fed his spirit with the bread of books

Mr. Rihani is a man of ardent poetic temperament, a clever poet, and a man of unworldly ideals.

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?