Arab Proverb Quotes

The individual and society have waged a relentless and bloody battle for ages, each striving for supremacy, because each was blind to the value and importance of the other.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

Relationships are a constant negotiation and balance.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

Our task was not only to assert our rights, but also to bring our rights into harmony with the rights and interests of others.

In the affairs of men, there always appears to be a need for at least two things simultaneously, which, on the face of it, seem to be incompatible and to exclude one another. We always need both freedom and order

Talk brings opponents together.

There is no injustice without justice coming after, just as there is no night not followed by day.

Peace has to be solved equally.

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests.

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

In the Middle East, it is clear that peace will never be reached without solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A two-state solution must be found and enforced.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance.

Justice for all is not to be secured in a day.

In the Mediterranean you have a choice. Either you fight or you cooperate.