Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.

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.

That's the thing about empathy—even people with an abundance of it can run out.

All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God's Word.

Evil is real - but so is God's power and love.

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

I don't hate any sort of music but I just think that the lyricism needs to be in the forefront.

One does one's thinking before one knows what one is to think about.

Time and space, and freedom. That's what I want most. Isn't that true for all of us?

The neuroses parody the virtues.

Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed.