Quotes of Naguib Mahfouz - somelinesforyou

“ قال لنفسه إنه لا نجاة له إلا بالجنون. الجنون وحده هو الذي يتسع للإيمان والكفر، للمجد والخزي، للحب والخداع، للصدق والكذب، أما العقل فكيف يتحمل هذه الحياة الغريبة؟ كيف يشيم ألق النجوم وهو مغروس حتى قمة رأسه في الوحل؟! ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ Death is more merciful than hope itself! There is nothing surprising in this, for death is divinely appointed, while hope is the creation of human folly. Both end in frustration. Am I destined to lead a life of endless frustration? (The Beginning and the End) ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ الإيمان الحق نفيض السعادة التافهة ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ Death is more merciful than hope itself! There is nothing surprising in this, for death is divinely appointed, while hope is the creation of human folly. Both end in frustration. Am I destined to lead a life of endless frustration? (The Beginning and the End) ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ ليس المجتمع الذي نحلم به بخال من الشر، فلا خير في مجتمع يخلو من نقص يحث على الكمال. ولكن المجتمع الذي نحلم به يمحو شرورا نراها في وضعنا الحالي ضربا من القضاء والقدر. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ If we reject science, we reject the common man. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ If we reject science, we reject the common man. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I have condemned Khomeini's fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie as a breach of international relations and as an assault on Islam as we know it in the era of apostasy. I believe that the wrong done by Khomeini towards Islam and the Muslims is no less than that done by the author himself… ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I have condemned Khomeini's fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie as a breach of international relations and as an assault on Islam as we know it in the era of apostasy. I believe that the wrong done by Khomeini towards Islam and the Muslims is no less than that done by the author himself… ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I have condemned Khomeini's fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie as a breach of international relations and as an assault on Islam as we know it in the era of apostasy. I believe that the wrong done by Khomeini towards Islam and the Muslims is no less than that done by the author himself… ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ The real malady is fear of life, not of death. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ The real malady is fear of life, not of death. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I have condemned Khomeini's fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie as a breach of international relations and as an assault on Islam as we know it in the era of apostasy. I believe that the wrong done by Khomeini towards Islam and the Muslims is no less than that done by the author himself… ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

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

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I have condemned Khomeini's fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie as a breach of international relations and as an assault on Islam as we know it in the era of apostasy. I believe that the wrong done by Khomeini towards Islam and the Muslims is no less than that done by the author himself… ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I have condemned Khomeini's fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie as a breach of international relations and as an assault on Islam as we know it in the era of apostasy. I believe that the wrong done by Khomeini towards Islam and the Muslims is no less than that done by the author himself… ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I have condemned Khomeini's fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie as a breach of international relations and as an assault on Islam as we know it in the era of apostasy. I believe that the wrong done by Khomeini towards Islam and the Muslims is no less than that done by the author himself… ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ The real malady is fear of life, not of death. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

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

- Naguib Mahfouz

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

- Naguib Mahfouz

“ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Mahfouz. ”

- Naguib Mahfouz

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

- Naguib Mahfouz
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