Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance.

If Allah created you for this world, He would have created you without death.

Sometimes the people with the worst past, create the best future

Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.

I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.

Just like the moon is fully illuminated when facing the sun, so are believers who fully turn themselves to face the Prophet ﷺ

A true Muslim is like rain, wherever it falls, it will benefit.

To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.

Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur’an to support their views and misleading rulers.

Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.

A photographer is like a writer... you're writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story.

The idyll ended, as idylls must.

The best way to become poor is to give nothing.

As a pastor I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.

Some men were nothing but overgrown boys who never got over the "fun" of teasing girls, just to get noticed

I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself, and I stow it away where nobody really knows about it.

I would say I'm a 19th-century liberal, possibly even an 18th-century one.

As men, we all have something to give. We all have the power to do our own part to stop the global pandemic of violence against women and girls. It is holding us all back.

it is not enough to speak, but to speak truee