To Islamize doesn't make sense to me. But to center, but to have intellectual empathy and modesty - all these dimensions are important on how we look at truth.

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.

Politicians look for interests not people

The great thing about America is, you don't have to listen unless you want to.

O beautiful, awful summer day, what hast thou given, what taken away?

Take with you the joy of Easter to the home, and make that home bright with more unselfish love, more hearty service.

I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap.

I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good.

I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice.

I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.