Ameen Rihani Quotes
Like matter itself, an ideal is mutable, but indestructible. It does not die; it only undergoes a change.
Citations
Rihani, Ameen. The Path of Vision. James T. White & Co., 1921, p. 63.
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See Heraclitus {436440} for the ancient Greek exposition of this idea.
Ameen Rihani (Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī), was a Lebanese American writer, intellectual and political activist. He was also a major figure in the mahjar literary movement developed by Arab emigrants in North America, and an early theorist of Arab nationalism. He became an American citizen in 1901.