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

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

And that is the secret of this world. If you remove love of dunya from your heart, the dunya is yours for the taking. You can have the dunya because it's in your hand and not in your heart

Muslims have been an almost entirely benevolent force in the 20th century. They did not wreak the havoc the Western powers wreaked on the world. They have not come anywhere near to the environmental degradation that we've done to the planet. So I think Muslims need to be seen in the proper light. They're mostly decent, hardworking people, people with deep family values, and they want to live in peace.

I don't have any control over what other people do, and they don't represent me or my faith.

I'm amazed at the courage of the journalists on the frontlines in Iraq, but we need intellectual courage in our community.

My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect.