Quote by Naguib Mahfouz
If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, a

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion. – Naguib Mahfouz

Other quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. – Naguib Mahfouz

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Poetry
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I defend both the freedom of expression and societys right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things. – Naguib Mahfouz

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No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Greece. – Walter Pater

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The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. – Richard Burton

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I broke with my religion in college. – Anne Rice

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Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves. – Paul Tournier

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