"This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought."

- T.E.Lawrence

"All sunshine makes a desert"

- Arab Proverb

In the desert water is worth more than gold

-Arab Proverb

"It is the sandstorms that shape the stone statues of the desert
It is the struggles of life that form a person's character."

-Native American Proverb

"The sun gives life to everything;
but in the desert it is the angel of death.:

- Traditional Bedouin saying

"In the desert of the heart,
Let the healing fountain start;
In the prison of his days,
Teach the free man how to praise.

- W.H.Auden