For me I made it clear that I wanted to meet with both sides of the political spectrum.

The Truth does not belong to you, you belong to the Truth.

Your sensitivity is power. Don't let people transform your qualities into weaknesses.

I am not a politician. I have often been approached in this regard, but I have always declined these sorts of offers. I view myself as an independent, critical intellectual, as someone who tries to stimulate thought on the left and the right, to encourage intellectual evolution.

The best measure of a successful life is the way we turn away, we renounce, and even by the way we depart it.

Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.

One does not always know how to express the sorrow of the soul. One does not always know how to silence the joy of the heart.