Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.

I think sometimes feeling that you've been marginalized opens you up to the realization that, in their own lives, almost everyone experiences marginalization, a kind of foreigner sense.

All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood.

Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

It's important to have a non-nostalgic view and say, let's look forward, because if we don't, all we'll hear are voices telling us to go back.

The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years,- One minute of heaven is worth them all.

Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.

I know what I don't know. I would seek out, as I have, the best advice that exists. I won't get my information from the shows.

I eat mostly vegan, try to get enough sleep. For me, that's really critical.

When we practice dying, we are learning to identify less with Ego and more with Soul

If it's that difficult for a rich man to get into heaven, think how terrible it must be for a poor man to get in . He doesn't even have a bribe for the gatekeeper.

It's better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.

Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.