A face is like the outside of a house, and most faces, like most houses, give us an idea of what we can expect to find inside.
life is not so long that one can grow tired of it
Life is like a fire. Flames which the passer-by forgets. Ashes which the wind scatters. A man lived.
During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles and others who left for America, Egypt, Australia, Cuba.
Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.
The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of boundaries. I do not have several identities, I only have one, made of all the elements that have shaped its unique proportions.
Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.
Unless you've been touched personally, it's difficult to see, but there are millions of people who have no voice whatsoever.
I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do.
The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime that society commits is that of wasting the money which it should use for children on things that will destroy them and society itself as well.
When the time of danger comes, all Americans, whatever their social standing, whatever their creed, whatever the training they have received, no matter from what section of the country they have come, stand together as men, as Americans, and are content to face the same fate and do the same duties because fundamentally they all alike have the common purpose to serve the glorious flag of their common country.