Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.

Tolerance, openness and understanding towards other peoples' cultures, social structures, values and faiths are now essential to the very survival of an interdependent world.

Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.

We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.

A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

There are many interpretations of Islam within the wider Islamic community, but generally we are instructed to leave the world a better place than it was when we came into it.

Canada is today the most successful pluralist society on the face of our globe, without any doubt in my mind... That is something unique to Canada. It is an amazing global human asset.

A proper home can provide the bridge across that terrible gulf between poverty and a better future.

Dwell on your own sacred thoughts.

Love keeps the heart forever warm.

He said you sparkle like a newborn galaxy and have more attitude than a rich kid with his daddy's Porsche.

Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin.

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns.

Why would these English explorers search for these spices, yet never use them in their food?

There is only what is and that's it. What should be is a dirty lie.

Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter.

Were all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists havent been caught yet.