Arab Quotes Will is like a sword rusted by neglect and sharpened by beating and use How common people are, and how rare the human - Mikhail Naimy The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire that must be kindled. The animosity of a wise man is better than the friendship of an ignorant one The Anger of an ignorant man is in his words, and the anger of a wise man is in his action — Old Arabic Proverb Don’t exaggerate in your idealism, or else you’ll die of disgust! — Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006) - Egyptian writer & novelist; won the Nopel Prize for Literature in 1988 “Truth is annoying for those who were so used to promote lies that they believed them” Yusuf Sibaie (1917-1978) When we love someone, do we love an appearance everyone sees or a inner reality no one gets to see? — Ghazi AlGosaibi (1940-2010) I don’t love books because I abstain from life, but I do love books because one life is not enough for me — Abbas Mahmoud Al-Akkad Freedom is a Sun that must shine in every soul, and he who lives deprived of it will live in bleak darkness uninterrupted from the womb to the grave — Mustafa Lutfi Manafluti It is not enough to forget her.. you have also to forget that you forgot her! — Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (b. 1962) - An Egyptian Horror & Science Fiction author Every day I live is a gift from God, and I won’t waste it worrying about the future or grieving for the past — Ghazi AlGosaibi (1940-2010) I suffered, so I learned, so I changed - Bashar Alaeddin