Compelling a woman to wear a headscarf is against Islam, and compelling her to remove it is against human rights.

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.

Death is the true inspiring genius, or the muse of philosophy, wherefore Socrates has defined the latter as θανάτου μελέτη. Indeed without death men would scarcely philosophise.

It is not the truth that people cannot handle. It is the consequences that stem from that truth.

Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel.

Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image.

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.

Raids are slightly constipating.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.

... photographs are so loaded with information. They're remarkable. As I said, you get both the tree and the forest.

Everyone becomes a part of history whether they like it or not and whether they know it or not.