Lebanese quotes carry a mingled salt of the Mediterranean and the resin of mountain pines, tender, stubborn, and quick with wit. They speak of homes rebuilt and tables extended, of mothers’ proverbs tucked into pockets, of love that thrives amid alleys and terraces. Voices cross confessions and centuries, from mystics and poets to taxi drivers, trading melancholy for a smile in the same breath. Expect aphorisms that prize dignity, generosity, memory, and the restless hope that keeps Beirut’s lights humming after dusk.
"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers"
"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms"
"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed"
"But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls"
"There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel's occupation of South Lebanon in 2000"
"In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region"
"Among them, there were Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together. But then violent organizations came, bringing with them many large groups of people from various parts of the world to Palestine"
