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“Mutual tolerance is the stepping stone to mutual respect. A hospitable mind is the key to a neighboring or an alien spirit, looked by dogma and guarded by tradition.”

Quote by Ameen Rihani

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Ameen Rihani was a distinguished Lebanese writer whose extensive literary works have left a lasting impact on Arabic literature. Born on November 24, 1876, he was a prominent figure in the literary world, known for his contributions to poetry, prose, and essays. Rihani's writings often reflected his deep understanding of Islamic philosophy and his commitment to social justice. He passed away on September 13, 1940. more

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“The heart yields spontaneity; the mind bends to understanding.”

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“We can not understand each other, if our sympathies are always safely tucked away; we can not understand each other, if our approaches are always academic or conventional; we can not understand each other, if we crawl back into our shells every time we see a worm across our path.”

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“In the desert you become a discoverer. You discover your soul, which had been submerged in vain pursuits, which had been lost in the coils and toils of modern life. You discover your kinship with nature and man, which is evoked by the naturalness and the gentle humanity of the natives of the desert, and you will also discover God.”

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“Mr. Rihani is a man of ardent poetic temperament, a clever poet, and a man of unworldly ideals.”

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“The real contribution of Rihani consists in having given us, in both Arabic and English, what may be considered the most vivid and interesting account of common-day life as it is lived at present in the hitherto little known Arabia.”

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“A genial and cultured Arab, Ameen Rihani, whose English is perfect and whose eloquence is astounding. He will discuss with equal eagerness and knowledge the merits of Picasso or Van Gogh, or the Zionist question, or the British achievements in Arabia.”

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Author:Kenneth Williams

“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.”

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Author:Mikhail Naimy

“Ameen Rihani, one of the earliest Arab Americans, devoted his life to bringing the East and the West together. We are not of the East or the West, he wrote. No boundaries exist in our breast: We are free.”

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“We can not understand each other, if every time we venture out we stick the feather of cocksureness in our caps. No, we can never wholly understand each other, and rise to the level of mutual esteem at least, if we do not invest in that fellow feeling that triumphs over class and creed and race and color.”

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Author:Ameen Rihani

“Mr. Rihani, we met once a thousand years ago and we may not meet again for another thousand years.”

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