Quran says do not abuse others' gods, they will abuse Allah. But most people do not believe in this... they feel their way is the only right one. This is to maintain religious hegemony.

People don't respond just because you are fighting for the truth. They take their interests into account.

Religion helps you relate with the universe. Buddha was indifferent to the concept of god yet he gave us values.

I am not an individualist in the Western sense. Collectivism can become oppressive when it tries to dictate; the rights of the two should not clash.

To protect one's identity is a Constitutional right.

Jihad is nothing but making efforts to realise goodness in life.

Weapons are less harmful than words.

Times change and we should change and grow, and yet be proud of our legacy.

Potency does not mean being unnecessarily aggressive; one has to be wise.

History is full of instances of people who challenged the mighty forces of evil and they were not only fighting a lonely battle but were left alone to die.

Real 'imaan' is faith in humanity, so those who deny goodness are kafirs.

And the shower of roses spun around me, inviting me to take part in their ever-present waltz.

Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.

For better or worse, poetry is my life.

There is not a physicist in the world who can perceive when a parlor magician palms off playing-cards.

What I really want out of life is to discover something new, something mankind didn’t know was possible to do.

Life is fountain of joy; but where the rabble also gather to drink, all wells are poisoned.

As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.

Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.

For me the first great joy of traveling is simply the luxury of leaving all my beliefs and certainties at home, and seeing everything I thought I knew in a different light, and from a crooked angle.

Take good advice, make sure it is good advice, then do it your way.