Occupation: Author Birth: October 17, 1889 Death: February 28, 1988
Less possessing-less possessed. More possessing-more possessed. More possessed-less accessed. Less possessed-more accessed..
Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled..
Men and women yearners must realize their unity even while in the flesh; not by communion of the flesh, but by the Will to Freedom from the flesh and….
Whoever cannot find a temple in his heart, the same can never find his heart in any temple..
Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion..
So, 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 ….
Love is the law of God. You live that you may learn to love. You love that you may learn to live. No other lesson is required of Man..
Logic 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 burde….
Take care that you hold not your priceless life so cheap as gold..
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..
Your breath upon the wind shall surely lodge within some breast. Ask not whose breast it is. See only that the breath itself be pure..
The more elaborate his labyrinths, the further from the Sun his face..
A man of distinguished, beautiful eloquence, and persistent, over pressing thought... Ameen Rihani was one of the foremost pioneers of modern illumin….
If then, your world be such a baffling riddle, it is because you are that baffling riddle. And if your speech be such a woeful maze, it is because yo….
Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight..
To 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 choos….
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 m….
When Love gives, it gives all; when it takes, it takes all. It's very taking is giving..
He who did not taste Freedom on Earth, will not know it in Heaven!.
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..
Love is the only freedom from attachment. When you love everything, you are attached to nothing..