Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propositions before breakfast, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic, an ethical alchemy. If you behave in a certain way, you will be transformed.

I'm seeking to make sense of life, looking for its meaning and how we can have a better humanity.

there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death.

Whatever conclusions we reach about the reality of God, the history of this idea must tell us something important about the human mind and the nature of our aspiration.

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.

The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God’s existence.

We are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others.