Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

I love life more than I love death.

It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

The demand that Islam makes of women is to not attract attention to yourself, and if you are in a secular society, that attire does exactly that, and it is a political symbol, no longer religious.

I tell myself I am brave and yet, I still fear change. I guess it’s time to face that fear.

My beloved jay, give me a name now. call out the name you give me, looking into the deepest place in your heart. Everytime you call my name, I'll fly to you and be your wings.

To tell you the truth. I am a wild and passionate novelist. I am therefore easily given over to telling wild and passionate lies.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

I sometimes mistake my typewriter for my teeth, because the more I bite the more my column will be read.

Whatever labels are being pinned on me have nothing to do with me.

Java is like a variant of the game of Tetris in which none of the pieces can fill gaps created by the other pieces, so all you can do is pile them up endlessly.

Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe & powerful.