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Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes

Tahar Ben Jelloun quotes

French Poet December 1, 1944

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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
Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice...."
My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. 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. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors..."
The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings. Tahar Ben Jelloun
I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals."
There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "There are very few great poets in the world."
There are very few great poets in the world. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would..."
At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is..."
Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private. Tahar Ben Jelloun
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. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "I liked Sartre's views but not his writing."
I liked Sartre's views but not his writing. Tahar Ben Jelloun
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. Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun quote: "Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever."
Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever. Tahar Ben Jelloun
I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet. Tahar Ben Jelloun

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