Нагиб Махфуз цитаты
Нагиб Махфуз
Дата рождения: 11. Декабрь 1911
Дата смерти: 30. Август 2006
Нагиб Махфуз — египетский писатель-романист, драматург, сценарист. Лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе 1988 года.
Цитаты Нагиб Махфуз
„According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.“
— Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz in: Gary Dexter (2010) Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective Form Amis to Zola. p. 226
„You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.“
— Naguib Mahfouz
Cited in: Michael J. Gelb (1996) Thinking for a change: discovering the power to create, communicate and lead. p. 96
„Voices were blended and intermingled in a tumultuous swirl around which eddied laughter, shouts, the squeaking of doors and windows, piano and accordion music, rollicking handclaps, a policeman's bark, braying, grunts, coughs of hashish addicts and screams of drunkards, anonymous calls for help, raps of a stick, and singing by individuals and groups.“
— Naguib Mahfouz
Mahfouz (1957) Palace of Desire Part II; Cited in Matt Schudel "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083000475.html Leading Arab Novelist Gave Streets a Voice]" in: Washington Post, August 31, 2006
„God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.“
— Naguib Mahfouz
Attributed to Naguib Mahfouz in: Thorntize (2009) The Handbook of Wisdom and Delight. p. 121
