180 Quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

At times people who are extremely sad become lighthearted for the most trivial reasons, merely to obtain the relief furnished by the exactly opposite condition.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

لا تبن آمالك في الحياة على موت إنسان

Ölüm yaklaştığı zaman, dünya zevkleri çürür.

An anxious heart is like a string that's out of tune.

Run after truth until you're breathless. Accept the pain involved in re-creating yourself afresh. These ideas will take a life to comprehend, a hard one interspersed with drunken moments.

إن بلادنا في حاجة إلى جرعات قوية من قلة الأدب حيال الملوك حتى تفيق من إغمائها الطويل

Despite dissimilarities in our luck and success at looking after ourselves, we are all human beings.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.