Ameen Rihani Quotes

If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.

Light and lust are deadly enemies.

Is not light grander than fire? It is the same element in a state of purity.

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

Nothing endurable can be produced on a soil soaked with blood and moved by violent agitations.

War is unsettling.

It is a war to the death between good and evil. We must fight fire with fire.

Places where violence is widespread and government ceases to function, the pace of development falls dramatically …

We are readying ourselves to enter a long tunnel full of blood and darkness.

The future is Afghanistan.

I come from a place of lots of turmoil.

Thrusted light is worse than presented pistols.

Is not light grander than fire?

The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again.

We've created a more dangerous world. We've created more violence. We've unraveled the fabric of our own society. We've watched everything get worse. We've watched countries be destroyed, and we've watched war become the answer to every question.

I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.

Libya is still a mess right now.

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

The Arab is trying to be pleased with death and murder and mayhem and disease and poverty and political unrest.

The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off.

I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.

The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.