I think we are making a mistake, a very big mistake if we look at what we call the Arab Awakening only by looking at the whole dynamics in political and not in economic terms.

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.

Are we star-crossed?" I asked quietly, a whisper."Yes, " he said. "But I would fight against the stars for you.

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

I have never separated the writing of poetry from prayer. I have grown up believing it is a vocation, a religious vocation.

All perception is a gamble.

I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.

I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and shadow.

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training.

Climate action is central for the future of our planet.

Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.

I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.