A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality.

To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism

Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a religion that doesn't care about hospitality.

We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw

When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together.

I thought about the meaning of pluralism in a world where the forces that seek to divide us are strong. I came to one conclusion: We have to save each other. It’s the only way to save ourselves.

One of the best ways of showing pluralism in action is for people to do service together, and that has so many benefits.

What we pluralists have to do is to say to the people standing on the faith line, particularly the young ones, no, pluralism is the wish of the creator. It is the greatest opportunity for humanity.

I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to come to know one another.

When a person feels appreciated for their infinite and absolute value, you can then communicate about any issue and you will have their cooperation and respect.

Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

Outside of the killings, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

When I pass my name in such large letters I blush but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

When you talk about the problem of illegal immigration, people are angry and polarized. When you talk about the answers, the debate gets a little different.

I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses.

If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

Let people return to making knots on ropes, instead of writing.

It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education.