We need to realize that we should be on the side of any human being who is oppressed.

We integrate the good wherever we find it.

Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know

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

Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.

The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.

Our task is to change the world for the better, not to adapt ourselves to the world.