According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death

I never thought that I could still love again until i met you. Will you be just a dream?

You are about to awake when you dream that you are dreaming.

If i believe my truth is true and you believe your truth is true, what if my truth says yours is a lie.is it still true?

I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.

Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.

There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine.

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.