The Islamic world doesn't stop in the Arab world or Persia. There is the whole Turkic world, the Central Asian world, South Asian world, Southeast Asian world, and African world.

The love of God is not only the highest form of love, but also in reality the only love of which all other loves are but shadows

The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.

In traditional societies, nature was seen as one’s wife, but the modern West turned it into a prostitute.

The environmental crisis has deep spiritual, philosophical, and religious roots and causes. It is not merely the result of bad engineering.

The human soul, provided it is pure and strong enough, can contact the unseen in waking life as well as in dreams: all that is required is withdrawal of the soul from the tumult of sensory life.

To be modern is to destroy nature.

Only man can stop being fully man. He can ascend above all degres of universal existence and by the same token fall below the level of the basest of creatures.

In the traditional Islamic world, the hierarchy of the arts was not based on whether they were "fine" or "industrial" or "minor". It was based upon the effect of art on the soul of the human being.

Justice is inseparable from truth in human life.

All Muslims stand before God and they are their own priests.

Optimism is not fantasy. It hopes for the best reality without departing from it.

When one's work hides behind simple, process is kind of long story.

Things past redress are now with me past care.

Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.

To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need.

No man is competent to manage another.

I've only been three years in the industry - but I would say from my observations, my personal opinions, that the world in Hollywood and all the big movies has been built up as just white.

Your core values are the deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.

There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having something to say about it.

I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really.