Naguib Mahfouz

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

“Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.”

“Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.”

“The heart is an organ of fire.”

“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.”

“Art is the splendor of reality.”

“When the past is not dead, it is not past.”

“A man's truest self is that which he is when he is alone.”

“The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.”

“Good is achieving justice through peaceful means.”

“It is a great victory that comes without blood.”

“Man does not live by bread alone, even if it is subsidized.”

“Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life.”

“The calamity of the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”

“My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.”