Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen.

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.

To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting American's origins in a slavery economy is patriotism à la carte.

Do you want to make it impossible for anyone to oppress his fellow-man? Then make sure that no one shall possess power.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.

You sleep on a win and you'll wake up with a loss.

Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been seen by peasants and its importance would have been diminished.

Living in the age of AIDS is one thing. Dying in it is another.

Honey, the only experts in PMS are men. That's why men are so good at fighting wars; they learned Escape and Evade at home.

Animals die even if you eat vegetables. That is the nature of farming. There is a certain sacrifice involved.

If I were but a man who would be tall, I would be me.