No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.

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.

Mind sees ghost when frightened and hopeless.

…and to all you other cats and chicks out there, sweet or otherwise, buried deep in wordy tombs, who never yet have walked from off the page, a shake and a hug and a kiss and a drink. Cheers!

I think she must have lived where all the sad poets live, in that secret place where everything hurts all the time.

The intensity of Intellectual suffering in Man is same as Emotional suffering in a Woman.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

Some people connect with a story and may find between the lines something that might be useful to him or her, but that's not the intention of the author, I think. At least not mine.

I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.

I feel very strongly that we need to give beef cattle a really good life. When they go to slaughter, it needs to be painless.