5 Quotes by Mohamed Abdel-Maksoud

How can one have been so blind to things as bright as the day? How can one have kept on waiting, for the dawn of a sun that won't ever rise?!

And how would one know, when our knowledge is restricted to what we hear and see? That makes one’s journey through life like a blind man traveling on a dangerous road without a companion. What makes the test even more difficult is that man can spend his life on great causes without knowing for sure if his endeavor is for good or evil!

I walked up to you. I knocked on your door. There wasn't other way to go. Then when you have revealed yourself. I found nothing there Your eyes have misled me.

It’s a part of the human nature that nothing is easier than uniting in hatred and demolishing what is established, and nothing is harder than agreeing on the way to build what’s sought. For destruction is an instinct that doesn’t require thought. Whereas construction requires knowledge, work, cooperation, and planning.

Trust me when I tell you that he has no idea about what’s really happening in Egypt. None of his people do! They found themselves in the middle of these events by accident. Things went too far, and they deluded themselves into believing they actually had the power to change the nature of things. Theirs is not a true revolution like the ones we have had here.