We need more citizens that are committed and courageous.

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.

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing

The condition of women in a nation is the real measure of its progress.

Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

The Obama representatives like Robert Gibbs attack people viciously, but people like me will not be silent and will answer them back.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Make your own fun. As opposed to consume fun like a package of Spam.

We are not alone in our loneliness, others have been here and known griefs we thought our special own.

I had a nickname in junior high, and I'm loathe to say this: 'potato lady.'

No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

It's great to be strong but strength is nothing without having compassion.