You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.

God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

Literature should be more revolutionary than revolutions themselves; writers must find the means to continue to be critical of the negative elements in the sociopolitical reality.