Quotes from Samarkand

“لا تعجب لشيء، إن للحقيقة و جهين، و للناس أيضا”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“إن كنت لا تعرف الحب ، فما يجديك شروق الشمس أو غروبها ؟”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“لست من أولئك الذين لا يعدو ايمانهم ان يكون خوفاً من يوم الحساب , ولاتعدو صلاتهم أن تكون سجوداً .طريقتي في الصلاة؟ أتأمل وردة ,أعد النجوم ,أتدلّه بجمال الخليقة بكمال نظامها وترتيبها ,بالانسان أجمل ما أبدع الخلّاق ,بعقله المتعطش الى المعرفة ,بقلبه المتعطش الى الحب, بحواسه كل حواسه متيقظة كانت أو مترعة .”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“ليسَ من فقير من عرف أن يُبقي رغباته بسيطه”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“ ما اسهل التظاهر بالولاء, فليس اصدق منه في الافواه الكاذبة .”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“الطريق لا يحسب بنهايته وحسب , ففي كل رحلة يصل المرء الى مكان ما , وفي كل خطوة يمكن اكتشاف وجه خفي من وجوه دنيانا, ويكفيه أن ينظر وأن يتمنى وأن يصدق وأن يحب”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“لستُ املك للأمر شيئاً ، ولست تملك شيئاً ، وهناك أوقات يكون فيها أي قرار سيئاً ، ويجب اختيار القرار الذي يجلب أقل مقدار من الندم”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“أستطيع أن أشهد بأنه ما من حرب هي نزهة. غير أن الأمم نسّاءة والبارود مُسكِر.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“غالبًا ما يتحاشى الناس في بداية علاقةٍ ما الأسئلة المحرجة لأنهم يخشون أن يحطِّموا ذلك البناء الهشَّ الذي أقاموه لتوِّهم ملتزمين ألف احتياط.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“إن للزمن لوجهين، إن له لبعدين، فطوله بمعدل الشمس، وارتفاعه بمعدل الأهواء والشهوات”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“سمرقند، أجمل وجه أدارته الدنيا يوماً نحو الشمس”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“ليس من فقير إذا عرف أن يبقي رغباته بسيطة”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“عمر الخيام: اترى ما يدهشنى فى العلوم؟ اننى اجد فيها اسمى الشعر: فى الرياضيات نشوة الأعداد، وفى الفلك همسة الكون الغامضة. وأما الحقيقة فالرحمة الرحمة من الحديث عنها!!”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“God, she was beautiful - my first image of the Orient - a woman such as only the desert poet knew how to praise: her face was the sun, her hair the protecting shadow, her eyes fountains of cool water, her body the most slender of palm-trees and her smile a mirage.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“انهم لا يعلمون شيئا
ولا يريدون أن يعلموا شيئاً
أترى هؤلاء الجهلة، انهم يهيمنون على العالم
وان لم تكن منهم دعوك كافراً
أهملهم يا خيام وأتبع سبيلك”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“أليس الفردوس هو أن نعيش أنا وهي في الغرب على إيقاع الشرق؟”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“ ما أسهل التظاهر بالولاء، فليس أصدقّ منه في الأفواه الكاذبة.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“ليس للبحر قطّ من جيران ، ولا للأمير قطّ من اصدقاء ؟”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“وأما عمر فالحياة عنده مختلفة. إنها لذة العلم وعلم اللذة”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“ليس من ركن واحد فى ديار الاسلام استطيع ان اعيش فيه بمنجاة من الاستبداد”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“ينبغي أن يوارب المرء في حديثه مع القضاة والسلاطين، لا مع الخالق. الله أكبر، وليس له في مجاملاتنا وانحناءاتنا. لقد خلقني متفكرًا، وعليه فإنني أتفكر وأقدّم بين يديه ثمرة تفكيري جِهارًا.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“Life is like a fire. Flames which the passer-by forgets. Ashes which the wind scatters. A man lived.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“الحياة أشبه بالحريق. لَهبٌ ينساه العابر، ورمادٌ تذروه الريح،وإنسانٌ كان قد عاش”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“هل تخاف اليوم الآخر يا خيام؟
ولم أخاف؟ فبعد الموت إما العدم وإما الرحمة
وما ارتكبت من سوء؟
مهما تكن ذنوبك عظيمة، فعفو الله أعظم.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“لقد عشت لحظة نادرة من السعادة وأود وقفها مادامت لم تفسد لأستعيدها وهي لا تزال على حالها”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“السعيد من لم يظهر قطُّ إلى الدنيا.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“Tu demandes d'où vient notre souffle de vie.
S'il fallait résumer une trop longue histoire,
Je dirais qu'il surgit du fond de l'océan,
Puis soudain l'océan l'engloutit à nouveau.
Omar Khayyam”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“- أتكون الزنديق الذي يصفه بعضهم؟
- إني أحذر تفاني الأتقياء، لكني لم أقل يوماً إن الواحد الصمد اثنان
- هل خطر ذلك على بالك يوماً ؟
- أبداً، والله شهيد عليّ
- هذا يكفيني، وهو يكفي الخالق على ما أظن، لكنه لا يكفي العامة، إنهم يتربصون بأقوالك وبكل حركاتك، كما يتربصون بأقوالي وحركاتي، وبأقوال الأمراء وحركاتهم.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“إني مقتنع أشد الاقتناع بأنه إذا لم يتوصل الشرق في بداية القرن هذا إلى الاستيقاظ فإن الغرب لن يتمكن قريبا من النوم.”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

“When faced with a chaotic and convoluted situation, one always thinks that it will take centuries to sort it out. Suddenly a man appears and as if by magic, the tree we thought was doomed takes on new life and starts bearing leaves and fruits and giving shade." (Shireen in Samarkand)”
― Amin Maalouf, quote from Samarkand

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