In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.

As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being.

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.

Compromise has a negative connotation.

In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.

Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.

Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.

And then, when there is nothing else between us but love, we can begin to find a way to truly be together.

Wisdom clears the mind of delusions thus making it more focused to achieve excellence.

Laugh and the world laughs with you Weep and you weep alone For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth But has trouble enough of its own.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I have always been concerned with painting that simultaneously insists on a flat surface and then denies it.

My outlook on life is so much clearer.

You enrich people with creative resources, and over time, these Lego bricks that end up in their heads eventually build this enormous, incredible castle.

If you want to get on in life get off your arse because it ain't going to come to you. And if it does come to you and you're not off your arse then you ain't going to keep it very long.

When I'm on a break from writing, I'll log on to Amazon and eBay. The doorbell is constantly being rung by deliverymen.

We are blessed with a place that is open to the universe and, despite this, supports this very thin envelope of air we call atmosphere, which holds just the right amount of oxygen for us to breathe.