Islam is an ideology. It's not a race.

I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future.

I want to see the U.S become an Islamic nation.

just as a stool requires three legs to stand upright so the taekwondoist must cultivate basic skills, meaningful forms, and effective sparring in order to have both feet firmly planted in the art

Well, we're all going to die, so mortality is a part of writing and life.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

The only currency that will heal every culture is ceaseless love.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

People who listen to them properly don't underestimate them. Unfortunately, there's so much about my career and me that distracts people from the actual content of most of my songs.

A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens.

What are we? Young or new? We must be something.

What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in.

As an actor, I still dont really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.