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You teacher, teach your pupils freedom in thought and deed, honesty in thought and deed, and tolerance in thought and deed.

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Ameen Rihani
Age: 63 †
Born: 1876
Born: November 24
Died: 1940
Died: September 13
Essayist
Historian
Novelist
Poet
Politician
Writer
Ottoman Levant
Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī
Ameen Fares Rihani
Amin Rihani
Teacher
Teach
Freedom
Thought
Pupils
Deed
Tolerance
Deeds
Honesty

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In the Lakes of Light, Love and Will, I would baptize all mankind.
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If I were capable of assisting someone, I would do it in a manner that would cause the person seeking assistance to work, so he assists himself.
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Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such.
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Breathless and unharmed, we emerge from the mazes of metaphysics and psychology where man and the soul are playing hide-and-seek.
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Fire and light compete today in the East. But there is a lot of green firewood in this fire, and there is a lot of smoke in that light.
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I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.
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I renounce falsehood, whatsoever be the guise it assumes, and I embrace truth, wheresoever I find it.
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My American walking shoes are new, and my Oriental eyes are old.
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True up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare the welfare of the body and that of the mind.
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Had courage, wisdom, and reason always prevailed in people, there would not have been oppressions and oppressors.
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At this moment, my soul is in Lebanon, my heart in Paris, and my body in New York.
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I proceeded in my national mission, seeking to pave the way for an understanding between His Majesty and the other ruling princes of Arabia.
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Foreign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.
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I deposit in many banks including the bank of wisdom. The more I draw on my accounts, no matter how big the sum, the bigger my balance becomes
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Freedom of the Spirit is the cornerstone of all freedom.
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The duties I ask of myself are obligatory for absolutely every individual, everywhere. Moreover, just as I recognize these rights and duties of others, I would like the others to recognize them form me as well.
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What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?
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To us all, life is a gift, liberty is a right, and the pursuit of happiness is the object supreme. But our conduct in the pursuit differs in accordance with the measure of justice we uphold. A common measure is only possible when we begin to understand and learn to appreciate each other's point of view and point of direction.
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The footsteps of a pioneer become ultimately the highway of a nation.
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