Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant.

For young people, if someone tells you: you are the future - say No! I'm the present. You have things to do right now.

In our inherent contradictions as humans, and in order to validate our own pain, we deny the pain of others. But it is in acknowledging the pain of others that we achieve fully our humanity.

America has an immense amount of power, but it doesn't use it in any benevolent way. It uses it to maintain a status quo.

I know that people can live celibate lives, I did it myself for many years.

Everything that we do has a spiritual essence. There is a spiritual dimension in everything. All of life has meaning and everything that you do in life is in preparation for your great meeting. This great meeting is your meeting with your Lord, which is absolutely inevitable.

Where is your heart? Is your heart with God? Is it with your own ego or your lust? Is it with your greed, your pride, envy, or your resentment? This is a time where you can go into yourself and ask: Where is my heart? Ramadan is a time to give the heart back to the One who possesses the hearts.