Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.

Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.

Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.

Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.

Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.