For many people, there is an almost power to be found in prayer.

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.

I think sometimes feeling that you've been marginalized opens you up to the realization that, in their own lives, almost everyone experiences marginalization, a kind of foreigner sense.

All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood.

Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

It's important to have a non-nostalgic view and say, let's look forward, because if we don't, all we'll hear are voices telling us to go back.

Life truly is what you make it. The purpose and meaning of life is the purpose and meaning that you give it.

The worst thing about being perfect is that you can't make mistakes.

When its time has come the prey goes to the hunter.

If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child.

The philosopher caught in the nets of language.

There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.

The jealousy of the dead is lasting!

Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.

Common sense needs to be more common.

I enjoy coming to the ballpark every day. I don't go to work. I come here to play.