The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.

The literature of disease is more interesting to me than all the healthy books.

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch.

A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public.

The beginning and ending of the secret of handling Arabs is unremitting study of them.

Immorality, I know. Immortality, I cannot judge.

They taught me that no man could be their leader except he ate the ranks' food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet appeared better in himself.