Author: Naguib Mahfouz

Quotes

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

- 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

We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.

We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.

- Naguib Mahfouz

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

- 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

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

- 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

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

- Naguib Mahfouz

Insults are the business of the court.

Insults are the business of the court.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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