Compromise has a negative connotation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To live is to laugh, as to laugh is to live.

Simplicity is not a simple thing.

To me, no one has fully cracked the code on social recruiting yet.

Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?

I think of game development as a clown car moving through tall grass.

If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice.

A person's heart withers if it does not answer another heart.

Most of all I hope the tournament [The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations] will help unite our people [in Gabon]. My wish is to celebrate a big party all together.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.