"How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work of the Creator, his brain thirsting for knowledge, his heart for love, and his senses, all his senses alert or gratified."

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Source : Amin Maalouf (1998). “Samarkand”, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

Amin Maalouf

#Beautiful Quotes #Stars Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.”
“Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”
“A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before.”
“Indeed, the real question is not, "Why greatness?" but "What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?" if you have to ask the question, "Why should we try to make it great? Isn't success enough?" then you're probably int he wrong line of work.”
“Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain.”
“I think some of our most talented people are not going to pick the arts as a way that they're going to spend their lives.”
“My grandmother worked on a fruit and vegetable market stall.”
“There's a massive community in church. You have a real home. You can move to different parts of the world and you'll always find a church and a community. When you let go of church, you don't have that comfort, you don't have that safety net anymore.”

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