I defend both the freedom of expression and societ...

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

Naguib Mahfouz

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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

Naguib Mahfouz

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.

Naguib Mahfouz

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

Naguib Mahfouz

We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity.

Naguib Mahfouz

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

Naguib Mahfouz

I defend both the freedom of ...