The frog in the well knows nothing more grand than its own tiny well.

The ultimate goal of humanity is knowledge.

Smartness without wisdom is stupidity.

I am an advocate of godliness, not of god.

Nature deemed God worthy and hence chose it as her slave to serve the humans appearing as the master.

Hard as it may sound, no god has saved anything or anyone in human history. It is the humans who have done so.

My mission is to make the external God of human society obsolete in front of humanity’s internal Godliness.

As a species, wise, harmonious progress is our mission.

Mystics reign where lacks true education.

Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.

Keep in mind my friend, if an answer is not rational, then it is not an answer, but a delusion.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

I'm a drinker with writing problems.

Keep to yourself the final touches of your art.

Everything that you are or conceive of yourself as being is just an idea. It's an illusion. It's a hallucination.

There's often an assumption you're more privileged if you belong to a family with people who have made a success.

During the '80s I wrote Memoirs from the Women's Prison. This is one of my most important books. It came out in Arabic in '83. About my experience in prison.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

our love for the dead, like a floating iceberg, can only be measured by the depths of our resentments.

Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.

Once you accept the power of spine in the creative act, you will become much more efficient in your creativity. You will still get lost on occasion, but having a spine will anchor you.