Marmaduke William Pickthall Quotes

#1. Each man must see with his own eyes and not another's. People are as one finds them, good or bad. They change with each man's vision, yet remain the same.

Marmaduke William Pickthall

#2. For us (Muslims) death is an incident: for them (the Europeans), the end.

Marmaduke William Pickthall

#3. I myself have always, since that day, felt it my duty to give alms to murderers in Eastern lands.

Marmaduke William Pickthall

#4. A man who journeys in the desert finds a guide among the desert people, and he who journeys on the sea trusts seamen.

Marmaduke William Pickthall

#5. Looking round upon those eager, friendly faces, I compared them with the cold face of the [christian] missionary, who suddenly appeared to me as a great bird of prey

Marmaduke William Pickthall

#6. No truly great one ever argues with a crowd. He chooses out one man, and speaks to him, him only.

Marmaduke William Pickthall

#7. We (Easterners) are not like the Franks, who barter everything, even their most sacred feelings, even love.

Marmaduke William Pickthall

#8. Men learn wisdom from their sins, not from their righteous deeds.

Marmaduke William Pickthall