I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary psychological and intellectual capacity. My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place had taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any process.

This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people.

Land is immortal, for it harbors the mysteries of creation.

There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.

Peace is more precious than a piece of land.

The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.