Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.

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.

In the joy of others, lies our own.

She remembered something that am old boyfriend had said to her. One that she didn't want to let go of at the time. One person can't be happy enough for the both of us

There are three answers to prayer: yes no and wait awhile. It must be recognized that no is an answer.

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

I wish that we could tumble them in the dryer for 30 minutes and get them to shrink, but that won't happen.

There are some mechanisms that are so—so broken that they cannot be repaired.

All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hands and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.

Credentialed ignorance is still ignorance.