Sometimes people confuse silence as wisdom when in fact it is compromise.

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.

I do have nightmares. So what? I wouldn’t trade places with any of the f**kers I killed. Am I afraid of Hell? No. I’ve been. It’s worse than advertised but not as bad as imagined. ~ Brandon Hull

You devise ways to tell a story that complies with your sensibility. Style and method are really extensions of your present sensibility.

It's no fun to appreciate to the full the truth of the materialist proposition that I don't have a body, I am a body.

Your choice is to be active or passive in your responses

I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.

Good question to ask yourself: How would the person I would like to be do what I'm about to do?

I must have 25 AT&T iPhones, maybe more than that. I've got plenty of Verizons. I just don't have them in the small size.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

My biggest concern and main engagement with UNEP is focused on endangered species and illegal wildlife trade - mostly elephants, rhinos, etc.

When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.