Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight.
Mikhail NaimyAs you die continually when living. So do you live continually when dead; if not in this body, then in a body of another form.
Mikhail NaimyLove is the only freedom from attachment. When you love everything, you are attached to nothing.
Mikhail NaimyToo vast is Man and too imponderable his nature. Too varied are his talents, and too inexhaustible his strength. Beware of those who attempt to set him boundaries.Live as if your God Himself had need of you His life to live. And so, in truth, He does.
Mikhail NaimyA man of distinguished, beautiful eloquence, and persistent, over pressing thought... Ameen Rihani was one of the foremost pioneers of modern illumination. He firmly believed in the significance of reviving the Arab spirit and protecting the freedom of thought and the freedom of human conscience.
Mikhail NaimyLogic is immaturity weaving its nets of gossamer wherewith it aims to catch the behemoth of knowledge. Logic is a crutch for the cripple, but a burden for the swift of foot and a greater burden still for the wise.
Mikhail NaimySo think as if your every thought were to be etched in fire upon the sky for all and everything to see. For so, in truth, it is.
Mikhail NaimyWhoever cannot find a temple in his heart, the same can never find his heart in any temple.
Mikhail NaimyTo feed on death is to become food for death. To live by other's pain is to become a prey for pain. So has decreed the omni-will. Know that and choose your course !
Mikhail NaimySo, think as if your every thought were to be etched in fire across the sky for all and everything to see.For so, in truth, it is.So speak as if the world entire were but a single ear intent on hearing what you say.And so, in truth, it is.Do as if your every deed were to recoil upon your heads.And, so in truth it does.So wish as if you were the wish.And so, in truth, you are.So live as if your God Himself had need of you his life to live.And so, in truth, he does.
Mikhail NaimyNo love is Love that subjugates the Lover. No love is Love that feeds on flesh and blood. No love is Love that draws a woman to a man only to breed more women and men and thus perpetuate their bondage to the flesh.
Mikhail NaimyWhen Love gives, it gives all; when it takes, it takes all. It's very taking is giving.
Mikhail NaimyOften you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion.
Mikhail NaimyHow much more infinite a sea is man? Be not so childish as to measure him from head to foot and think you have found his borders.
Mikhail NaimyAsk not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.
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