I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.

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.

I’ve never had the luxury of political opinions

There are two ways to be happy: Change the situation, or change your mindset towards it.

Chemistry is great, but eventually your relationship moves out of the laboratory.

Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.

Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to see him play.

Divine direction begins with unconditional submission.

Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

There is peace in the garden. Peace and results.

Like to have a catalyst - reduces dependence on the market: Distressed debt inherently has a catalyst - maturity.