I am talking about anything that is a provocation - ignore it. When something falls under freedom of expression, you can read it and take a critical distance.

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.

Faith had always told herself that she was not like other ladies. But neither, it seemed, were other ladies.

Nothing recedes like success.

Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.

I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere.

If I give you my idea and you give me yours, then we each have two ideas, and together we have four.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

I think Assange has been very courageous. I've also defended Bradley Manning. I think they've been tremendously courageous in telling the truth, and the public has the right to the truth.

If your intuition is telling you not to do something, then don't. Your intuition is not stupid.

A poetic list is a talent in itself. You can write a list of things, and it can be boring.

I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.