Knowledge is a thing you can carry around with you, but you may not apply it. Some knowledge is indiscriminate, and it can be damaging. I recently found a wonderful definition of wisdom: It is that thing which results in the maximum good and the least harm.

It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.

Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities.

There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home.

Communal well-being is central to human life.