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.

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

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

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

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

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.

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.

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.

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

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.

His whisper was the softest sound I ever knew, which seemed to bring the loudest heartbeat.

Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.

Rebuke her/him who rejects the kingdom

The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.

I write movies, so - I look at boxing, and I commentated on it, as if I were telling you the story of a movie or a short story.

The body is more drest then the soule.

Everybody welcome-especially elders who smoke.

History and war are cruel pedants. Those who know too little of the former are likely to have too much of the latter.

I can assure you that those who have already passed have not only made it to the Other Side, but are in a state of bliss.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone.