How can someone like Alain Juppé still claim I haven't condemned the Paris and Brussels attacks, when I actually have. What I am saying is crystal clear.

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.

It's been my experience, Langford, that the past always has a way of returning. Those who don't learn, or can't remember it, are doomed to repeat it.

But why think the more reasons there were to sin, the smaller the sin was?

Only great people can make great products.

You are meant to be here. There are no coincidences. It's all happening the way it was meant to be.

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.

less real than such threats as a man with a gun, a woman with a knife, or a U.S. Senator with an idea.

I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries.

We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.

What's better these days, television or film? It's a dead heat. In fact, one could argue for television with more regularity.

As long as we stick together , we can smash the sadness