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> [How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work of the Creator, his brain thirsting for knowledge, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/how-do-i-pray-i-study-a-rose-i-count-the-stars-i-marvel-at-the-beauty/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

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## More by Amin Maalouf

> [“Yes indeed, both Muslim and Jewish!I, her father, am Muslim, at least on paper; her mother is Jewish, at least in theory. With us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/yes-indeed-both-muslim-and-jewish-i-her-father-am-muslim-at-least-on/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the basic paradoxes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/the-fact-of-simultaneously-being-christian-and-having-as-my-mother/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/let-your-tears-roll-tonight-but-tomorrow-you-will-start-the-battle/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“Can we reconcile indefinitely these two imperatives: the desire to preserve every individual's special identity and the need for Europeans to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/can-we-reconcile-indefinitely-these-two-imperatives-the-desire-to/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“A community begins to fall apart the moment it agrees to abandon the weakest of its members.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/a-community-begins-to-fall-apart-the-moment-it-agrees-to-abandon-the/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/our-ancestors-derived-less-from-life-than-we-do-but-they-also/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [life is not so long that one can grow tired of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/life-is-not-so-long-that-one-can-grow-tired-of-it/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“Til gjengjeld er det store sjanser for at ethvert amerikansk valg heretter vil bli et verdensomspennende psykordrama.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/til-gjengjeld-er-det-store-sjanser-for-at-ethvert-amerikansk-valg/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“Someone other than I might have used the word “roots”. It is not part of my vocabulary. I don’t like the word, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/someone-other-than-i-might-have-used-the-word-roots-it-is-not-part-of/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“On les écouta, on compatit, on s'indigna, on promit, mais on ne bougea pas une lance”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/on-les-couta-on-compatit-on-s-indigna-on-promit-mais-on-ne-bougea-pas/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“Clawing its way towards us, the ugliness of the world tore away our hiding-place.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/clawing-its-way-towards-us-the-ugliness-of-the-world-tore-away-our/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/what-makes-me-myself-rather-than-anyone-else-is-the-very-fact-that-i/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“... the pursuit of origins is a way of rescuing territory from death and oblivion, a reconquest that ought to be patient, devoted, relentless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/the-pursuit-of-origins-is-a-way-of-rescuing-territory-from-death-and/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“Det er ikke den mest troende som får legitimitet, men den som fører en kamp som er identisk med folkets kamp.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/det-er-ikke-den-mest-troende-som-f-r-legitimitet-men-den-som-f-rer-en/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

> [“What strange times we live in, when good must disguise itself in the tawdry rags of evil!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amin-maalouf/what-strange-times-we-live-in-when-good-must-disguise-itself-in-the/)

[Amin Maalouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amin-maalouf/)

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