Happy is he who can give himself up.

Quote by Naguib Mahfouz

Topics: Happiness Quotes

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

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

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake...

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake...

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but...

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but...

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget...

We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget...

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with...

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with...

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

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

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling...

The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling...

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have...

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have...

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it...

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it...

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying...

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying...

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

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

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a...

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a...

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the...

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the...

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

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

Without literature my life would be miserable.

Without literature my life would be miserable.