Top 48 Quotes by Tahar Ben Jelloun

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.

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

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 intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.

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.

I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.

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

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

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