#tan

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#clearly #fasting #fellow #fellow man #head

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#concerned #democracy #eat #educated #egypt

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#accused #between #choice #given #heresy

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#count #delicacy #hope #i #lack

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#great #higher #i #leave #reach

It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor America can afford four more years of Iran and the radical Islamists gaining strategic leverage in the Middle East. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#america #attachment #east #eastern #four

At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form relationships. Other books stand in opposition. No two writers or readers have the same pattern of interaction. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#book #books #create #form #i

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#around #because #certainly #comes #development

I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#could #desert #ditch #full #grass

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#conquer #every #every time #felt #going