Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.

Spring is beautiful everywhere, but it is more than beautiful in Lebanon. Spring is the spirit of an unknown God speeding through the world, which, as it reaches Lebanon, pauses, because now it is as at home with the souls of the Prophets and Kings hovering over the land, chanting with the brooks of Judea, the eternal Psalms of Solomon, renewing with the Cedars of Lebanon memories of an ancient glory.

Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.

I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.

To barter and lose is better than not to go forth.