To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.

The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.

I don’t know how to save the world, though I do know it involves a great deal of love and kindness.

Failure is temporary, but defeat is permanent.

O call back yesterday bid time return.

When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.

My mom is my heart. But my [step]dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.

Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.

When you allow desire, anger and frustration to dominate you, you are losing power.

It's impossible to imagine our planet without coral.

I got interested in the American culture war back in 2004, and it's one of the only growth stocks I've ever invested in.

Empty pockets make empty heads.