“The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.”

“People usually complain that music is so ambiguous, and what they are supposed to think when they hear it is so unclear, while words are understood by everyone. But for me it is exactly the opposite...what the music I love expresses to me are thoughts not to indefinite for words, but rather too definite.”

“Teaching the layperson (divulgare) is not distorting (tergiversare) the subject, but educating the public; and it is our duty as scientists to educate without distorting the essence of the scientific knowledge attained by humanity. The future of our society depends upon this premise.”

“Being lonely because of Allah is another kind of a beauty”

“Things don't just happen, things are made to happen.”

“To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.”

“The greatest thing about mornings is: you're able to try again. Fail today, succeed tomorrow.”