The media is putting a lot of emphasis on the few people that are destroying, while it won't report on the silent majority of people who are constructing, building and trying to find their way.

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.

While the Gods are powerful, we learn little about them. It is only in their day of decadence that a strong light beats into heaven.

What you don’t know won’t hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you very much.

There is a good things to those who wait..

Prayer is the pillow of religion.

In reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another's thoughts.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing.

Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.

I am not going to go round trying to make people say 'Wow!'... I'm not going to play Hollywood lookalikes.

Earlier today I shot my old partner, a friend of mine, because he tried to stop me from doing what I have to do. Don't think for a second that I won't do that to you.

The Internet had been a BIG help with my career. My advice to musicians, Internet is the key. It gets your music heard all across the world.