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Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
Todays interpretations of religion are often backward and contradi

Todays interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. – Naguib Mahfouz

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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Society
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. – Joseph Campbell

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Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. – Francis of Assisi

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There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. – Walter Scott

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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism. – William James

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