To be more precise, it's ethics and liberation, and as a consequence there is an ethics of liberation.

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.

Because he has finally realized that it is it and not him that is loved by the woman he loves, many a man is jealous of his own car, house, wardrobe, or salary.

Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy

When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God.

When you touch me there, honey, makes my blood perspire, you got my body flaming like a California fire. Pulsing, pounding, pushing no longer in control, heatwave in my brain, smolder in my soul.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

I might not have the ability to ever carry a child and I have this damn bag for the time being – but I'm alive.

I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.

ID cards do not tell the police who is about to commit a suicide bombing.

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.

I am now completing research supported by NSF and NEH that is mapping changes in the English language through all of North America, for both mainstream and minority communities.