The house that does not comfort the needy is worthy of naught but destruction.

Speak not of peoples and laws andKingdoms, for the whole earth isMy birthplace and all humans areMy brothers.

Believing is a fine thing, but putting those beliefs into execution is a test of strength.

One hour devoted to mourning and lamenting theStolen equality of the weak is nobler than aCentury filled with greed and usurpation.

In the airport, luggage-laden people rush hither and yon through endless corridors, like souls to each of whom the devil has furnished a different, inaccurate map of the escape route from hell.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light.

The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.

To take wine into your mouth is to savor a droplet of the river of human history.

There's someone out there who needs you. You must live your life so that person can find you.

Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.

I know that each and everyone of you have felt, at one point, like you couldn't go on. But then you found hope. There's always a way to find hope. Remember that.

Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent movies and the features.

Hope shouldn’t increase with good deeds and decrease with sin. In good deeds, my hope is for Allah to accept. In sin, my hope is for Allah to forgive.