41 Quotes by Jean Sasson

Where were the peacekeepers? Where was the UN? Why was the entire world ignoring Saddam's attack upon his own people? Were we Kurds considered so unworthy, so disposable? I longed to stand at the top of the mountain and shout out, Where are you, world? Where are you ?

Beware of those who look like rose, for even roses have thorns.

A wise man was once asked what was the most difficult truth in life to uncover. His reply was: 'to know thyself'.

Every straight line can be forced into a curve!

Only when you drink from the river of silence, shall you indeed sing. And, when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And, when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance. -Khalid Gibran

When the normal is forbidden, people fall into the abnormal.

Courage is contagious.

If you stand near a blacksmith, you will get covered in soot, but if you stand near a perfume seller, you will carry an aroma of scent with you.

Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.