Mikhail Naimy

“Logic is immaturity weaving its nets of gossamer wherewith it aims to catch the behemoth of knowledge. Logic is a crutch for the cripple, but a burden for the swift of foot and a greater burden still for the wise.”

“Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.”

“God is not many. God is one. But many and divers are yet men's shadows. So long as men cast shadows on the earth, so long as each man's god no greater than hi shadow. The shadow-less only are all in the light. The shadow-less only know one god. For god is Light, and Light alone is able to know Light.”

“So think as if your every thought were to be etched in fire upon the sky for all and everything to see. For so, in truth, it is.”

“The more elaborate his labyrinths, the further from the Sun his face.”

“Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion.”