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

Quote by Naguib Mahfouz

Topics: Cleverness Quotes, Questioning Quotes

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in...

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in...

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is...

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is...

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...

Insults are the business of the court.

Insults are the business of the court.

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and...

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and...

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...

Sadat made us feel more secure.

Sadat made us feel more secure.

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading...

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading...

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our...

Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our...

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of...

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of...

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...

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...

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

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

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80...

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80...

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...

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...

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

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...