We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World. Ameen Rihani discontentedegoidealist Change image and share on social
Revolution applies a local anaesthetic to one class of society and operates on the other. Ameen Rihani anaestheticapplyclass Change image and share on social
To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our soul, much less to enter it. Our No-Man's-Land is hedged about with a wire entanglement of insincerities. And often we take refuge in a temperament, a pose, or a mystic mood. Ameen Rihani entanglemententerhedge share on social
Bolshevism may be Marxian in theory, but it is Hulagoesque in practice. It may be of European descent, but it is Oriental in tradition. Oriental in mood. Oriental in temperament. Ameen Rihani bolshevismdescenteuropean Change image and share on social
When learning was monopolized by the monks in the Middle Ages, people specialized only in warfare and statecraft. And even these were not altogether free from the scholastic influence. Ameen Rihani agealtogetherfree Change image and share on social
Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below. Ameen Rihani autocracybolshevismgovernment Change image and share on social
In a true democracy is the cure for most of our social and political ills, but a few of them must remain to keep us going. Ameen Rihani curedemocracyill Change image and share on social
To copy Nature? A boy with a camera can do that. To get the spirit of Nature? A woodman or a shepherd can follow the trail of the whistling wind to hoarded sunshine in distant wolds. But to interpret Nature and inform it with a human personality that rises above it, invokes the divine in it, is the work of genius. Ameen Rihani boycameracopy share on social
The most important in the history of nations and individuals was once the most trivial, and vice versa. The plebeian, who is called today the 'man in the street,' can never see and understand the significance of the hidden seed of things, which in time must develop or die. Ameen Rihani calldevelopdie share on social
Weak and oppressed nations are fundamentally spiritual; strong nations are, as a rule, chiefly materialistic. Ameen Rihani chieflyfundamentallymaterialistic Change image and share on social