Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.

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.

Compromise has a negative connotation.

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.

A culture finds the gods it needs.

Avarice is opposed to nobility.It believes that by robbing many of all they have, that it (greed) is cloaked in the nobility that is the birthmark of the people.

It is very important for me to be taken seriously for my science and not for my looks or other personal accomplishments.

I love to doubt as well as know.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

I can still discern people's weaknesses, but it doesn't make me want to exploit them; it makes me want to hug them.

And I am in love with light. Lock me in the sunshine.

Each time you write something, part of you grows. You're training your artistic muscles to find your voice.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

We only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding.