"Madness is the acme of intelligence."

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Source : Naguib Mahfouz (2016). “Arabian Nights and Days”, p.135, Anchor

Naguib Mahfouz

#Madness Quotes

“We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love.”
“The connections between people and land are dangerously oversimplified and mainly technological.”
“I'm not cynical about marriage or romance. I enjoyed being married. And although being single was fun for a while, there was always the risk of dating someone who'd owned a lunch box with my picture on it.”
“Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory.”

Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.188, Penguin
“I'd sing with Roberta Flack in a taxi if you called up and said she'd be in it.”
“If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them.”
“God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.”
“The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book.”

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