In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.
At the beginning, I thought the best Islamic work was in Spain - the mosque in Cordoba, the Alhambra in Granada. But as I learned more, my ideas shifted. I traveled to Egypt, and to the Middle East ma...
The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies - and our sp...
Options abound world over, Options to choose from and be the best.
If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father l...
Sometimes it's hard to look at a flower, when your dying inside.
If we glorify God (not self) in everything we do then everything on earth will glorify God.
Be your best proponent, ally, and advocate.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...