All Amin Maalouf Quotes
- The identity cannot be compartmentalized; it cannot be split in halves or thirds, nor have any clearly defined set of boundaries. I do not have… All
- Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs. All
- All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price. All
- Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around. Doctrine
- During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles… America
- I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road... all tongues and all prayers belong to me.… All
- I am the son of the road , my country is a caravan and my life is the most unexpected of voyages. i belong to… Belong
- A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous. Clearest
- What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several… Anyone
- Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them… Allegiance
- For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way… Allegiance
- Isn't it a characteristic of the age we live in that it has made everyone in a way a migrant and a member of a… Age
- In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don’t be far from me, and also don’t come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on… Allow
- We are not just visitors on this planet, it belongs to us just as we belong to her, its past is ours, so is its… Belong
- Let your tears roll tonight, but tomorrow you will start the battle again. What defeats us, always, is just our own sorrow. Battle
- People sometimes imagine that just because they have access to so many newspapers, radio and TV channels, they will get an infinity of different opinions.… Access
- Taking the line of least resistance, we lump the most different people together under the same heading. Taking the line of least resistance, we ascribe… Acts
- are you certain that a man's life begins with his birth? Begins
- life is not so long that one can grow tired of it Grow
- let us thank God for having made us this gift of death, so that life is to have meaning; of night, that day is to… Day