The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.

The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.

Tariq Ramadan

Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve

Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve

If you read the Qur'an with your head, you find repetition. If you read it with your heart, you find depth.

If you read the Qur'an with your head, you find repetition. If you read it with your heart, you find depth.

Islam is a religion of justice and dignity, and we are taught to never keep silent when facing injustice, discrimination and double standards.

Islam is a religion of justice and dignity, and we are taught to never keep silent when facing injustice, discrimination and double standards.

We have to reconcile ourselves with philosophical questions in every field. Every field should be open to inquiry and knowledge.

We have to reconcile ourselves with philosophical questions in every field. Every field should be open to inquiry and knowledge.

A true teacher doesn't teach you to think like him, but to think without him.

A true teacher doesn't teach you to think like him, but to think without him.

To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless

To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless

We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.

We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.

You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement.

You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement.

Islam has no problem with women, but Muslims do clearly appear to have serious problems with them

Islam has no problem with women, but Muslims do clearly appear to have serious problems with them

Don't treat people the way they treat you. Treat them better.

Don't treat people the way they treat you. Treat them better.

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.

There is no faith, without a critical mind

There is no faith, without a critical mind

To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.

To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better.

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.

Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.

The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.

The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.

...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.

...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.

He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.

He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.