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

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

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

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

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.

If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.