I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.

A priest's life is spent between question and answer-- or between a question and the attempt to answer it. The question is the summary of the spiritual life.

paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

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

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.

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

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.