If you do not have boundaries, you do not have a path.

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.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

There’s only one person to blame for lack of self confidence

Even people who loved our music really didn't know anything about us. We were never glamorous. We were never a phenomenon.

I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.

The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?

That was a real fireball.

I don’t think of myself as being a celebrity, it’s too mortifying. I have a hard time watching myself on screen and it’s getting worse. I can’t tell whether my work is good or not.

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

We are and we know we are and we love to be it and know it.

My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it's the writers who happen to be closest to the microphones - not the audience.