Naguib Mahfouz Quotes About Literature

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

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Home, Events, Stories

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from May 15, 2012

• A mi edad es impropio ser pesimista.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Birthday, Age, Pessimistic

• God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Divertido, Ingenioso, Humorístico

  "The Handbook of Wisdom and Delight". Book by Thorntize, p. 121, 2009.

• 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

  Believe, Doors, People

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Oct 13, 2015

• Defiendo tanto la libertad de expresión como el derecho de la sociedad a contrarrestarla. Debo pagar el precio de diferir. Es el modo natural de las cosas.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Pay The Price, Expression, Literature

• Amo el sufismo como amo la bella poesía, pero no es la respuesta. El sufismo es como un espejismo en el desierto. Te dice: ven y siéntate, relájate y disfruta un rato.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Beautiful, Love Yourself, Relax

• Without literature my life would be miserable.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Hygiene, Would Be, Literature

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

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Writing, Literature, Want

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Nov 03, 2015

• 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

  Mañana, Escribir, Madrugar

• Mis compatriotas tienen derecho a darme la mano y a hablar conmigo si lo desean. No olviden que su apoyo y la lectura de mis obras es lo que me valió el premio Nobel.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Libro, Lectura, Manos

• We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Country, Literature, Problem

• El Corán y las leyes de todas las naciones civilizadas legislan contra el vilipendio de las religiones.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Derecho, Naciones Civilizadas, Literatura

• I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Literature, Select, Nobel

• In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Egypt, People, Democracy

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

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Islamic, Men, Choices

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jul 04, 2012

• 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

  Pregnancy, Egypt, Class

• I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Escritura, Relatos, Literatura

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Apr 12, 2013

• My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Wife, Literature, Nobel

• 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

  Agriculture, Goal, Democracy

• 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

  Ideas, People, Literature

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jun 22, 2011

• Acepté las entrevistas y los encuentros que había que mantener con los medios de comunicación, pero hubiera preferido trabajar en paz.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Media, Encounters, Literature

• Prácticamente estoy al servicio del Sr. Nobel. Tengo que conocer a todos los que me envía.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Literature, Way, Nobel

• The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Art, Doubt, Stories

• En la mayoría de mis historias no hay héroes. Observo nuestra sociedad con ojo crítico y no encuentro nada extraordinario en la gente que veo.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Héroe, Ojo, Gente

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from 20 de Dic de 2010

• Nunca he trabajado en política, nunca he sido miembro de un comité oficial ni de un partido político.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Party, Sea, Political

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