"Events at home, at work, in the street – these are the bases for a story." ― Naguib Mahfouz Topic(s): Science More From Naguib Mahfouz "God did not intend religion to be an exercise club." "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." "I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening." More In Science "Music is not math. It’s science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion."― Bruno Mars "I’d like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science."― Joshua Lederberg "At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music."― Satyajit Ray