Alija Izetbegović quotes - page 2

The Islamic order can only be established in countries where Muslims represent the majority of the population. If this is not the case, the Islamic order is reduced to mere power (as the other element - an Islamic society - is missing) and may turn to violence. The non-Muslim minorities within an Islamic state, on condition that they are loyal, enjoy religious freedom and all protection. (Alija Izetbegović)
In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences. View quote
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When a man is ill,he has only one wish -to gain health,and when he does -then come a hundred wishes and he turns even unhappier than when he was lying sick in bed. View quote
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People complain that life is short,for me it seems very long. View quote
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The ninth, the worst circle of the Inferno - Dante intended it for traitors. View quote
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A starry sky is equally interesting to a scientist, a mystic, an ethics scholar, and a poet. Looking at the stars, each experiences something different, and each sees his own picture. View quote
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I took revenge on hardship from my earlier life by forgetting it. View quote
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It is difficult to help a man without hurting his pride. Everyone wants to be a giver and not a receiver. View quote
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Life is a dangerous thing. Insecurity is the price of living. View quote
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Islam is a way of living rather than a way of thinking. View quote
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Socialism and freedom are not compatible, regardless of repeated convincings. (Alija Izetbegović)
To seek trouble - this is not courage, this is madness. Courage is the willingness of man to sensibly face the troubles he cannot avoid. View quote
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There are only three integral views of the world: the religious, the materialistic, and the Islamic. They reflect three elemental possibilities (conscience, nature, and man), each of them manifesting itself as Christianity, materialism, and Islam. View quote
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History sometimes makes fun of us and our best intentions. View quote
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We have no rational evidence that there exists another world, but we have a clear feeling that man does not exist only to produce and to consume. View quote
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Religion, as it is understood in the West, does not lead toward progress, and science does not lead toward humanism. View quote
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