Don't treat people the way they treat you. Treat them better.

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.

A short axe can still cut down tall trees.

It is not what happens to you that matters

It is a challenge to love someone who does not see the divine as you do, and much harder still to date someone who considers your spirituality a design flaw in an otherwise worthwhile human being.

Life has its demands from every one of us who live on planet earth.

It is not how old you are but how you are old.

Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth, and shuts it once for all.

When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

Reading-not occasionally, not only on vacation but everyday-gives me nourishment and enlarges my life in mysterious and essential ways.

I don't want to be surrounded by 'yes men'. I want people who'll disagree with me, even if it costs them their jobs.

Faith is loyalty to some inspired teacher, some spiritual hero.