A 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.

As you die continually when living. So do you live continually when dead; if not in this body, then in a body of another form.

The more elaborate his labyrinths, the further from the Sun his face.

Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.

Too 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.

He who did not taste Freedom on Earth, will not know it in Heaven!

How 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.