Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun

Quotes

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other; it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world.

- Tahar Ben Jelloun

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