Existence Civilization Quotes by Alija Izetbegovic

As far as the sovereignty of Bosnia-Hercegovina is concerned we agreed to have limited sovereignty for a limited time and that is clear from…

— Alija Izetbegovic

“Marxism rejected the family and the state, but in practice it kept these institutions. Every pure religion disapproved of man's worrying about this world,…

— Alija Izetbegović

All man's failures are either because of the religious denial of man's biological needs or the materialistic denial of man's spiritual desires.

— Alija Izetbegovic

“What we call happiness is sometimes the accordance between our life and circumstances,our biography and history ,our personal aspirations and historical currents .If i…

— Alija Izetbegović

“In a poem, melody, or picture, we are forced with a mystery: quality in the metaphysical sense of the word. How could the difference…

— Alija Izetbegović

“one soldier walked infront of the troop and asked me :"President ,will there be injustice when freedom comes?", I was surprised by the question…

— Alija Izetbegović

“All men believe in the soul and act accordingly, even if they do not always speak up. If somebody has committed a murder and…

— Alija Izetbegović

“Modern man's narrow-mindedness is best shown in his belief that there is no riddle before him. His wisdom is the sum of his knowledge…

— Alija Izetbegović

There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience, nature, and…

— Alija Izetbegovic

“All the dilemmas and questions of today were known in ethics more than 2,000 years ago. All the greatest teachers of mankind whether prophets…

— Alija Izetbegović

In some socialist states well-performed work is rewarded with moral stimulants instead of material ones. However, the moral stimulants cannot be explained by materialistic…

— Alija Izetbegovic

Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those "others". Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there…

— Alija Izetbegovic