I speak with the Eternal through the instrument of nature, through the world's history: I read the soul of the artist in his Apollo.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

how these words, wait to diein the arms of all the poetry..yet to be written.

There's a world of difference between a dog that is off the leash and a dog that is trained to be off the leash.

You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.

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

The secret is to make sure the business is running to perfection, with or without me.

My stage fright gets worse at every performance. During the overture I hope for a theater fire, typhoon, revolution in the Pentagon.

Don't do drugs, kids. Stay in school.

I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.

History is an orphan. It can speak, but cannot hear. It can give, but cannot take. Its wounds and tragedies can be read and known, but cannot be avoided or cured.

Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors.