History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

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

We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.

I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason

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

He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.