Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind... That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.

Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.

We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.

A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.

Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.

A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.

He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the best proof any wizard could require that the trolleys were brainless.

With patience and perseverance my day will come!

Life is in different stages. Every stage of life is the foundation for the next stage of life.Every stage of live must be fully-lived.

Cuteness in children is totally an adult perspective. The children themselves are unaware that the quality exists let alone its desirability until the reactions of grown-ups inform them.

I like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always played music since I was 12, and I guess I always will.

Far from me be the gift of Bacchus--pernicious, inflaming wine, that weakens both body and mind.

I have no-fail chemistry. A guy turns me on, he's the wrong one for me.

So long as you are still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.

Short sellers age in dog years.

History, history! We fools, what do we know or care.