Top 24 Ibn Ezra Quotes
#1. The twelfth-century poet Abraham ibn Ezra, whom you encountered in high school as Browning's Rabbi ben Ezra (may his tribe increase), limpidly described the shlimazl's lot when he wrote: If I sold lamps, The sun, In spite, Would shine at night.
Leo Rosten
#2. A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.
Moses Ibn Ezra
#3. I think people were genuinely addicted to hip hop in the 90s, addicted to the idea of empowerment. I think it came from [the fact that] the rappers in the 90s, their parents coming from the 70s, had such a rich variety of records to sample.
M.I.A.
#4. Lust should be stifled, for it cannot lead to truth.
Moses Ibn Ezra
#5. I went out into the garden in the morning dusk, When sorrow enveloped me like a cloud; And the breeze brought to my nostril the odor of spices, As balm of healing for a sick soul.
Moses Ibn Ezra
#7. There is no one so lonely than a man who loves only himself.
Abraham Ibn Ezra
#11. Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.
Moses Ibn Ezra
#12. Who ignores the time walks in darkness, and who explores it is illumined by a great light.
Moses Ibn Ezra
#13. How can you expect me to be perfect ... when I am full of contradictions.
Abraham Ibn Ezra
#14. There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.
Abraham Ibn Ezra
#15. The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.
Moses Ibn Ezra
#16. I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.
Conor McPherson
#17. This is Zemzem near Mecca. According to this, however, Hagar headed into the Arabian Peninsula rather than toward Egypt.
Abraham Meir Ben Ibn Ezra
#18. Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.
Byron Katie
#20. I think one of the most radical things a girl can do is to own her body. And we learn so young not to own these bodies of ours.
Staceyann Chin
#21. The Jews are the most hateful and the most shameful of the small nations.
Reginald McKenna
#22. A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.
Moses Ibn Ezra
#23. I really just can't watch myself. I see all the machinery at work and it just drives me nuts.
Paul Newman
#24. Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love.
Moses Ibn Ezra
