“Selflessness is humility. ... humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.”

“There is one advantage to realizing that you're never going to get it right: you do begin to stop expecting everyone else to get it right too, which makes for less frustration when other people turn out to be just as human as you are.”

“No one can take your honor from you; to lose it, you must give it away...honor is always sin your own hands.”

“Remember that Jesus has a body in this world. You are His hands and feet. But remember also that His hands and feet were pierced.”

“A humble man speaks not of his own humility”

“What naive garbage. People don't want freedom anymore--even those to whom freedom is a kind of religion are afraid of it, like trembling acolytes who make sacrifices to some pagan god. People want their governments to keep secrets from them. They want the hand of law to be brutal. They are so terrified by their own power that they will vote to have it taken out of their hands. Look at America. Look at the sharia states. Freedom is a dead philosophy, Alif. The world is returning to its natural state, to the rule of the weak by the strong. Young as you are, it's you who are out of touch, not me.”

“...realize you aren't the first and only person to ever face insurmountable odds.”