A Muslim should be sincerely religious AND politically aware.

To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today

Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him

The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.

If you read the Qur'an with your head, you find repetition. If you read it with your heart, you find depth.

A true teacher doesn't teach you to think like him, but to think without him.

Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam.

Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names and is by my side at every window.

Islam doesn't need reform, we need to reform the Muslim mind.

Saying that Islam is in heart, is similar to giving back the exam's paper completely white and saying : knowledge is in brain.

UNIVERSALIST, n. One who forgoes the advantage of a Hell for persons of another faith.

The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It's the assets you have to worry about.

The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.

I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

There is perhaps no better way of measuring the natural endowment of a soul than by its ability to transmute dissatisfaction into a creative impulse.

We should all live as if we were never going to die, for it is the deaths of our friends that hurt us, not our own.

I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling.

If you're cooking for someone important - whether it's your boss or a date - never try a new recipe and a new ingredient at the same time.

All this and heaven too.

Take your delight in momentariness, Walk between dark and dark a shining space With the grave 's narrowness, though not its peace.