We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think, 'Well, that's their problem.' But it's not. ... When you solve somebody else's problem, you're solving a problem for yourself because our world today is so interconnected.

I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.

I don't lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.

I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.

Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything.