One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages.

Madness is the acme of intelligence.

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.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.

If the urge to write should ever leave me, I want that day to be my last.

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