There is no faith, without a critical mind

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.

To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

...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 who loves lives, he who lives works, and he who works has bread.

After all, the world is still great.

An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.