Author: Naguib Mahfouz

Quotes

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

- Naguib Mahfouz

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.

- 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

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

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

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

- 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

Insults are the business of the court.

Insults are the business of the court.

- Naguib Mahfouz

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