Levantine Arabic Quotes & Sayings

This Levantine spirit developed gradually in Beirut after the Industrial Revolution, as the burgeoning Lebanese silk trade and the invention of the steamboat combined to bring men and women of America and Western Europe in large numbers to the Levant. These settlers from the West were Catholic and Protestant missionaries, diplomats, and merchants, Jewish traders, travelers and physicians; and they brought with them Western commerce, manners, and ideas and, most of all, a certain genteel, open, tolerant attitude toward life and toward other cultures. Their mores and manners were gradually imitated by elite elements of the local native populations, who made a highly intelligent blend of these Western ideas with their own indigenous Arabic, Greek, and Turkish cultures, which had their own traditions of tolerance. "To be a Levantine," wrote Hourani, "is to live in two worlds or more at once, without belonging to either." In — Thomas L. Friedman

Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity, - the ceaseless flow of the tides, the fury of storm, the shock of the earthquake, the long roll of heavens artillery, - but the most tremendous, the most stupefying of all, is the passive phase of the White Silence. All movement ceases, the sky clears, the heavens are as brass; the slightest whisper seems sacrilege, and man becomes timid, affrighted at the sound of his own voice. Sole speck of life journeying across the ghostly wastes of a dead world, he trembles at his audacity, realizes that his is a maggots life, nothing more. Strange thoughts arise unsummoned, and the mystery of all things strives for utterance. And the fear od death, of God, of the universe, comes over him, - the hope of the Resurrection and the life, the yearning for immortality, the vain striving of the imprisoned essence, - it is then, if ever, man walks alone with God.
- The White Silence — Jack London

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands. — Gavin DeGraw

No matter who you are, the game is fluid. The game is always evolving, so you always have to keep working on it. There are plenty of hours in the day to get that done. — Tiger Woods

I want to hit the ball and I want to get at-bats. The results really dont matter to me. — Torii Hunter

The mosque was the neighbourhood house of worship, but it was also the place where my high school friends and I came to study. — Ahmed Zewail

The way that I like to fight is I like to paint myself into a corner and so the only way is for me to win. — Ronda Rousey

Montreal's not a city. It's a Disney World for alcoholics. — Mike Wilmot

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail. — Brandon Sanderson

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities. — Oscar Wilde

A true artist is an ugly man. — Osamu Dazai

If you can contribute 45 minutes - one hour a day a week exercising, you're going to be a healthy person. You can cut down on diabetes and all of these manmade problems we have. I do embrace the fact that I can maybe be a voice for people to realize that it's not as hard that people think. I'm a pretty passionate person. — Mehcad Brooks

If you want to govern the people,
You must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead people,
You must learn how to follow them. — Lao-Tzu

Anybody with any ambition at all, or intelligence, has left Canada and is now living in New York. — Tucker Carlson

I had discarded pride, that useless burden of self-importance I had carried around like my portable vanity with its broken mirror. — Amy Tan

I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you're talking about Whitney [Houston] or Mariah [Carey] or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here. — Simon Cowell