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

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Source : FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Jan 13, 2011

Naguib Mahfouz

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“There are very few theorems in advanced analysis which have been demonstrated in a logically tenable manner. Everywhere one finds this miserable way of concluding from the special to the general and it is extremely peculiar that such a procedure has led to so few of the so-called paradoxes.”

Source : Letter to Professor Christoffer Hansteen (1826) "Oeuvres Complètes de N. H. Abel", mathematician, Nouvelle edition (1881) ed., Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow & Sophus Lie, Vol. 2, pp. 263-265, as quoted by Øystein Ore, "Niels Henrik Abel: Mathematician Extraordinary", p. 113, 1957.
“I usually spend Valentines Day with my friends. But if I did have a girlfriend, I'd bring her flowers and candy.”
“The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.”
“The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind.”
“The disruption caused by globalization and technology (what Tom Friedman calls hyperconnectedness) will be around for the rest of our professional lives.”
“Older men are wiser and that is much cooler to me. Ive never been one for going out clubbing or getting off my head, so I always gravitated to men who were similar. They just tended to be older. I think you have more of an adventure with an older man. And a happier journey.”
“Lord Jesus, master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We whose hearts are heavy seek the joy of your presence. We are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light. To you we say, 'Come Lord Jesus!'”
“Real happiness is when you marry a girl for love and find out later she has money”

Source : "They're not laughing now". www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2003.

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