I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need for morals than for knowledge. Ameen Rihani More Quotes by Ameen Rihani More Quotes From Ameen Rihani Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below. Ameen Rihani below above few government Not in our make-up, to be sure - not in the pose which is preceded by the tantaras of a trumpet - do the essential traits in our character first reveal themselves. But truly in the little things the real self is exteriorised. Ameen Rihani pose little-things self character Old Arabic books, printed in Bulaq, generally have a broad margin wherein a separate work, independent of the text, adds gloom to the page. Ameen Rihani books old independent work Society may be likened to a rod, which only a just government can balance properly. Ameen Rihani just balance society government Bolshevism is the other end of Czarism. Ameen Rihani bolshevism other end 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 us true democracy political Revolution is glorified by intellectuals, apotheosized by poets, sanctified by visionaries, and bled white by politicians. Ameen Rihani poets politicians revolution white Revolution applies a local anaesthetic to one class of society and operates on the other. Ameen Rihani other revolution society class 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 tradition mood theory practice 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 good good-and-evil fire evil Weak and oppressed nations are fundamentally spiritual; strong nations are, as a rule, chiefly materialistic. Ameen Rihani materialistic strong weak spiritual There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul. Ameen Rihani failure disappointment soul self Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue. Ameen Rihani power wisdom blessing knowledge 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 nation heritage time people We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World. Ameen Rihani ever present ego world 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 free learning influence people Like the seasons of the year, like history, truth also repeats itself. But we seldom recognize it when great poets or true artists - the prophets and the priests of our day - present it to us in garments spick and span, following the fashion of the age, the slant of its fancy, the turn and temper of its mind. Ameen Rihani day truth age history
