I'd say that the modern social sciences are just showing us why the conditions for implementing Hudud are so demanding, and thus Hudud should only be for the absolutely last resort.

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.

Every cloud of confetti has a dark lining.

I was always taught to write the book you want to read. It's a philosophy I haven't wavered from since.

Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.

Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them.

Once someone gave me a picture and I wrote 'Do good in school.' I looked up and the guy was 78 years old

If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.

The five senses are the ministers of the soul.

Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment.

Today, the average Korean works a thousand hours more a year than the average German. A thousand. ... That is the end of the Great Divergence.

...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures.