Jerusalem

I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.

Author: Kai Bird
Topics: Childhood, Famous, Fragrance, Jerusalem, Love, Memories, Middle East, Modernity, Streets

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum

Author: Thomas Paine
Topics: Absence, Famous, Jerusalem, Meaningful, Modern, Religious, World

There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today

Author: Thomas Merton
Topics: Christmas, Famous, Few, First, High, Jerusalem, Meaningful, Priests, Understood

Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing.

Author: Golda Meir
Topics: Division, Famous, Jerusalem, Perspective, Rejection, Sovereignty