As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being.

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.

Compromise has a negative connotation.

In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.

In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.

Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.

Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Ask. Trust. Give thanks. Simple right?

It wasn't right. Evil should look evil. It should reek like rotten flesh, not smell like pine cleaner and fabric softener

God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.

It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.

Nobody is strong enough to not be influenced.

If advertising is not an official or state art, it is nonetheless clearly art.

The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding.

The world you think of is in your own mind.

I was originally casted to be in the Superman movie but I read the script and realized that it was mysteriously similar to my screenplay for Zach Braff the Movie.