I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

I love life more than I love death.

It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

Speech is the body part of thinking, the voice of the mind. Writing is the blood and mind mixing to speak through the fingers, through the hands.

Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time Is England. England!

Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.

I went to college parties when I was at an appropriate age to go to college parties.

The holy spirit of the Spring Is working silently.

Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.

I use contemporary media to reanimate sites and places with images of their own lost histories.

Learn the richness of solitude & quiet. That still small voice is yearning to be heard.