My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support and their reading of my works is what brought me the Nobel prize.

In the calculus of good deeds you have the most to gain.

If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?

The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.