For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
More Quotes from 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.Tahar Ben Jelloun
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: History Quotes, Literature Quotes, Poetry QuotesI'm fighting a losing battle here: I'm trying to lose some weight. I love chocolate; that's one of my biggest downfalls. I haven't gotten a whole lot of chocolate, thank goodness, because I'd probably be about 300 pounds.
Carrie Underwood
Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit.
Roland Allen
Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
H. L. Mencken