41 Quotes by Jean Sasson

How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak.

I’ve often observed that women can be the weakest link in women’s rights.

I would be the master of my life, no matter what actions I would have to take or pain I would have to endure.

Like many a modern parent, I had no clear notion of how to help my most troubled child.

When you harm a woman, you harm the whole world.

Crimes are classified into three divisions: Hudud, Tazir, and Qisas. Crimes of Hudud are crimes that are denounced by God; the punishment is made known in the Koran. Crimes of Tazir are given to the appropriate authority to determine punishment. Crimes of Qisas give the victim the right to retaliate.

Your tongue is your horse, and if you let it loose it will betray you.

When people are uneducated, or simply lack curiosity to seek knowledge, change appears as a frightening unknown. Such fear leads to aggression, even violence.

I believe that the children of this generation have decayed with the ease of their lives, and that their great fortune has deprived them of any ambitions or real satisfactions. Surely the weakness of our monarchy in Saudi Arabia is bound up in our addiction to extravagance. I fear it will be our undoing.