We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.

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.

So you're giving up? That's it? Okay, okay. We'll leave you alone, Quasimodo. We just thought, maybe you're made up of something much stronger.

The Bible is primarily concerned with the story of man’s redemption as it is in Jesus Christ. If you read Scripture and miss the story of salvation, you have missed its message and its meaning.

Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man.

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. p303

To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.

Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.

Humour is the shortest road from one person to another.

I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards.

Sometimes discipline, which means 'to teach,' is confused with criticism. Children-as well as people of all ages-improve behavior from love and encouragement more than from fault-finding.