"History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself."
― Naguib Mahfouz
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Science
More From Naguib Mahfouz
- "At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic."
- "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."
- "Today’s interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization."
More In Science
- "I’ve always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render."― Barbara Kingsolver
- "In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they have been infinitely more effective in getting away with it."― Phillip E. Johnson
- "I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat."― Naguib Mahfouz