Author: Naguib Mahfouz

Quotes

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

- Naguib Mahfouz

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

- Naguib Mahfouz

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

- Naguib Mahfouz

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

- Naguib Mahfouz

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

- Naguib Mahfouz

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak.

- Naguib Mahfouz

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

- Naguib Mahfouz

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

- Naguib Mahfouz

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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