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> [For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/for-tradition-to-be-alive-it-has-to-be-allowed-to-be-a-fountain-of/)

[Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/)

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## More by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

> [For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/for-tradition-to-be-alive-it-has-to-be-allowed-to-be-a-fountain-of/)

[Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/)

> [ They \[Arabs\] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/they-arabs-wanted-to-catch-up-with-the-modern-world-the-west/)

[Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/)

> [Some people imagine that by returning to tradition, you will renew it. This is not true, for by returning to tradition, you renew nothing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/some-people-imagine-that-by-returning-to-tradition-you-will-renew-it/)

[Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/)

> [The artist, surgeon, through clay form, can only look for cure with great obstinacy until he discovers, repeatedly, that love is god's only gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/the-artist-surgeon-through-clay-form-can-only-look-for-cure-with/)

[Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/)

> [Here I stand and make Both myth and reality in my own way And live the violence of my dream and of my reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/here-i-stand-and-make-both-myth-and-reality-in-my-own-way-and-live/)

[Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jabra-ibrahim-jabra/)

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