“My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my pur...”

“The human currency of praise is Monopoly money. It feels great for a moment to collect, but when the game is over, it's worthless.”

“Maybe the brokenness comes to teach you how to kneel. Stop trying to be strong. We cry, to heal. We feel, to stay human.”

“Speak your heart. If they dont understand, the message was never meant for them anyway.”

“The mind replays what the heart can't delete.”

“Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you'd give anything to remove it.”

“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would be disavowing the entire peace-loving Muslim population of the world. We cannot leave ou...”

“And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine.”

“I havent been to a temple in years, never been forced. My folks always said, marry a nice human being, religion doesnt matter. They said your god is inside you! Dont you forget that. Krishna, Jesus...”

“There was only the dark infinity in which nothing was. And something happened. At the distance of a star something happened, and everything began. The Word did not come into being, but it was. It d...”

“The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.”

“Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. ...”

“We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.”

“The problem is this: nature has assembled all these species on this planet. The human species is no more important than any other species on this planet. For some reason, man accorded himself a sup...”

“More than the disappearing trees and roses, its the human tendency to suppress the Natural Voice of the Natures Man which is sorrowful.”