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Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life."

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.




Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other."

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us."

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever."

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body."

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.




Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns."

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "The real malady is fear of life, not of death"

The real malady is fear of life, not of death



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Happy is he who can give himself up."

Happy is he who can give himself up.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "The heart is a place of secrets."

The heart is a place of secrets.




Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition."

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see."

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life."

Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?"

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Art is a criticism of society and life, and I believe that if life became perfect, art would be meaningless and cease to exist."

Art is a criticism of society and life, and I believe that if life became perfect, art would be meaningless and cease to exist.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: ""Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III."

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic."

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story."

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "God did not intend religion to be an exercise club."

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Only the poor are handicapped by honor."

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment."

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity."

When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements in the sociopolitical reality."

Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements in the sociopolitical reality.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last."

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams."

He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought."

Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat."

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization."

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة 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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "Insults are the business of the court."

Insults are the business of the court.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages."

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "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, أفراح القبة Quotes: "I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning."

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems."

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights."

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat."

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality."

paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.



Naguib Mahfouz, أفراح القبة Quotes: "I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom."

I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.