"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

Explore more quotes by Naguib Mahfouz

"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

Government, Evening, Writer

"As the tension eases, we must look in the direction of agriculture, industry and education as our final goals, and toward democracy under Mr Mubarak."

Education, Goals, Agriculture, Democracy

"I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me."

Love, Thought, Books, Reading

"I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle."

Life, Battle, Help

"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."

Love, Poetry, Relax

"I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things."

Society, Expression, Freedom, Right

"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

Thought, Writer

"I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace."

Peace, Work, Media

"Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free."

Constitution, Now, Opinions, Press

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

History, Society, People, Ideas

Exlpore more Answers quotes

"Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

Answers, Problems

"I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens."

Andre Agassi, American Athlete

Answers, Day, Fighting, Question

"I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere."

Paul Allen, American Businessman

Answers, May, Question, Universe

"Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers."

A. R. Ammons, American Poet

Answers, Questions

"The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Answers, Literature, Questions

"You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Answers, Colors, Light, Questions

"The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that."

Lester Bangs, American Critic

Answers,

"There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply."

Jim Barksdale, American Businessman

Answers, Past

"As I walk'd by myself, I talk'd to myself, And myself replied to me; And the questions myself then put to myself, With their answers I give to thee."

Bernard Barton, American Poet

Answers, Questions, Talk

"The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration."

Allan Bloom, American Philosopher

Answers, Consideration