Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
Only a well-rounded intellect, a spirit nourished in the eternal sources of intelligence and culture, of justice and wisdom, is a safeguard against both indifference and skepticism. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Weak and oppressed nations are fundamentally spiritual; strong nations are, as a rule, chiefly materialistic. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
All things, good and evil, come out, it seems, of the East. The Illuminati, like the Ismailites, dealt in allegories; and like the Mazdakites, they played with fire. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Revolution applies a local anaesthetic to one class of society and operates on the other. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
Revolution is glorified by intellectuals, apotheosized by poets, sanctified by visionaries, and bled white by politicians. Ameen Rihani Read Quote
