There Is No Happiness For

Two Places In This World Make It Impossible For A Man To Escape From Himself: A Battlefield And A Prison Cell.

Whatever The Time Or Circumstances, The Feeling That I Am A Peasant Gives Me A Rare Self-sufficiency. Indeed, The Land Is Always There. I Can Go Back To It At Any Time.

My Contemplation Of Life And Human Nature In That Secluded Place [cell 54 Of Cairo Central Prison] Taught Me That He Who Cannot Change The Very Fabric Of His Thought Will Never, Therefore, Make Any Progress.

There Is No Happiness For People At The Expense Of Other People.

Land Is Immortal, For It Harbors The Mysteries Of Creation.