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.

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

Whoever cannot find a temple in his heart, the same can never find his heart in any temple.

Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight.

So 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.

No 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.

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