Being cheerful and affable with people is by itself half of wisdom.

If you want to know the religion of a man, do not look at how much he prays and fasts, rather, look at how he treats people.

Whoever attacks a matter without knowledge cuts off his own nose.

The death of the self lies in the life of the heart

Verily, knowledge is a lock and its key is the question.

Discovery is meant to fill in the need of the society

I moved to the city in August of 1980, and someone I thought was a friend had an apartment in this wedding cake of a building, so I slept on her couch for a few days.

I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs.

I wanted to have a go at a pop career. My first single, 'Baby I Don't Care', was a hit, and the second, 'Bye Bye Boy', reached the Top 20.

I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.

The Muslim is as much an Indian as I am and of the same blood.

Stress is something that makes you feel you can't be yourself.

Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet.

You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.