Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve

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.

Does your love reach this far, God? And if it extends to heaven and beyond… why can’t it seem to find me?

Daring life, optimistic living.

There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

Whole swaths of the book [Lincoln in the Bardo] are made up of verbatim quotes from various historical sources, which I cut up and rearranged to form part of the narrative.

If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

A lot of fans know that I love motorcycles. That's a big love of mine. I could spend days on the bike if I had the time.

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only change.

You know, I think I had my first past life recall when I was 7.

Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.