"Which Israel should we recognize? The Israel of 1917; the Israel of 1936; the Israel of 1948; the Israel of 1956; or the Israel of 1967? Which borders and which Israel? Israel has to recognize first the Palestinian state and its borders and then we will know what we are talking about."

-- Ismail Haniyeh

#Israel Quotes #Talking Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame; I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price of shame; But I know that I shall find surcease, the rest my spirit craves, Where the rainbows play in the flying spray, 'Mid the keen salt kiss of the waves.”
“We were too intelligent, too cynical for war. Of course, you don't have to be stupid and primitive to die a stupid, primitive death.”

Source : Geraldine Brooks (2008). “People of the Book: A Novel”, p.41, Penguin
“The moment we change our thinking and start connecting with God, we start connecting with His plans, which always exceed our small plans.”
“In my 39 years on this earth, the Holy city of Makka had been the first time I had ever stood before the Creator of all and felt like a complete human being”
“I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today.”

Source : Ariwara no Narihira, “I Have Always Known”
“If the reason why you're doing anything creative is to make a living, then you're doing it wrong”
“I can't not put humor in a book.”
“Wealth comes from successful individual efforts to please one's fellow man ... that's what competition is all about: "outpleasing" your competitors to win over the consumers.”

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