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

Quote by Tahar Ben Jelloun

Topics: Friendship Quotes

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain...

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain...

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No...

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No...

New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People...

New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People...

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how...

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how...

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had...

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had...

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to...

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to...

I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know...

I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know...

There are very few great poets in the world.

There are very few great poets in the world.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and...

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and...

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy...

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy...

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words.

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human...

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human...

What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed...

What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed...

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy...

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy...

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and...

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and...

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if...

In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if...

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I...

I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I...

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.