wars

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

Change

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

America and Islam

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not to be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

Making your mark on the world

“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”