--- title: "1 Men Gentle Quotes By Alija Izetbegovic" description: "1 Men Gentle quotes by Alija Izetbegovic. Plus more from Alija Izetbegovic and more Men Gentle sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/alija-izetbegovic-8920_beings_men-are-not-gentle-and-graceful-beings-s_2396397.jpg" --- > [“Men are not gentle and graceful beings solely oriented towards good. They are physical, coarse, contradictory, stretched between desires and temptations. In an unnatural wish to make them sinless and infallible, we suddenly realize that we have obtained bloodless, sentimental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/men-are-not-gentle-and-graceful-beings-solely-oriented-towards-good/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/alija-izetbegovic-8920_beings_men-are-not-gentle-and-graceful-beings-s_2396397.jpg) ## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/as-far-as-the-sovereignty-of-bosnia-hercegovina-is-concerned-we/) [Alija Izetbegovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/marxism-rejected-the-family-and-the-state-but-in-practice-it-kept/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/all-man-s-failures-are-either-because-of-the-religious-denial-of-man/) [Alija Izetbegovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/what-we-call-happiness-is-sometimes-the-accordance-between-our-life/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [“In a poem, melody, or picture, we are forced with a mystery: quality in the metaphysical sense of the word. How could the difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/in-a-poem-melody-or-picture-we-are-forced-with-a-mystery-quality-in/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [“one soldier walked infront of the troop and asked me :"President ,will there be injustice when freedom comes?", I was surprised by the question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/one-soldier-walked-infront-of-the-troop-and-asked-me-president-will/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [“All men believe in the soul and act accordingly, even if they do not always speak up. If somebody has committed a murder and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/all-men-believe-in-the-soul-and-act-accordingly-even-if-they-do-not/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/modern-man-s-narrow-mindedness-is-best-shown-in-his-belief-that-there/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience, nature, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/there-are-only-three-integral-views-of-the-world-the-religious-the/) [Alija Izetbegovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/all-the-dilemmas-and-questions-of-today-were-known-in-ethics-more/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/in-some-socialist-states-well-performed-work-is-rewarded-with-moral/) [Alija Izetbegovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/bosnia-is-a-complicated-country-three-religions-three-nations-and/) [Alija Izetbegovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [“Ne može se islamski vjerovati, a neislamski raditi, privređivati, zabavljati se, vladati. Ovo stanje nesuglasnosti stvorit će ili licemjerje (oni u džamiji slave Boga,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/ne-mo-e-se-islamski-vjerovati-a-neislamski-raditi-privre-ivati/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [“There are not many people who work according to the law of virtue, but this small minority is the pride of mankind and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/there-are-not-many-people-who-work-according-to-the-law-of-virtue-but/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) > [“Nonetheless, out of a life of 60 or 70 years, three years is more than a thousand days and a thousand nights”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/nonetheless-out-of-a-life-of-60-or-70-years-three-years-is-more-than/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men-gentle/alija-izetbegovic/#itemlist", "name": "1 Men Gentle Quotes By Alija Izetbegovic", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Men are not gentle and graceful beings solely oriented towards good. 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