Don’t nurture a sense of guilt; rather, nurture a sense of responsibility married with a sense of humility.

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.

Never expect to be accepted without criticism. Never forget to appreciate.

Hope is that great spirit that grant us courage to stay determined.

...I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat...

A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

A great idea is simply the combination of many good ideas.

Mixed use is what cities are all about. If you don't have mixed use you don't have cities.

The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.

The factor stringing together individuals, society and nature is missing from today's educational system. That factor is spiritual values.

Well, Henry, you can cease frowning at me. If I am a magician, I am a very indifferent one. Other adepts summon up fairy-spirits and long-dead kings. I appear to have conjured the spirit of a banker.

Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine to read eternal new romances of Marivaux and Crebillon.