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Quotes by Algerian Authors
"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."
"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider."
"Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me."
"Ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness' - it is profoundly unconscious."
"Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us."
"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden."
"But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan."
"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."
"God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist."
"Afghanistan is a land-locked country."
"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."
"Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority."
"He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king."
"In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies."
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."
"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."
"Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia."
"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."
"Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point."
"It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr."
"We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot."
"Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet."
"My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation."
"Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty."
"I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it's from there that all those who fought left. We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks."
"The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works."
"We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs."
"The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences."
"The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations."
"Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there."
"The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years."
"But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed."
"I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America."
"It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime."
"What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something."
"Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee."
"There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people."
"Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties."
"However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another."
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