Quotes from Tariq Ramadan

A true teacher doesn't teach you to think like him, but to think without him.

A time will come when you're going to be numerous but your impact in the world will be like nothing

The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.

The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.

The rich stick together; the poor and the marginalised are thrown together.

Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.

To live is to love,to serve, to forgive. Love the One, love and serve humanity. To learn to love oneself and to love is to learn to forgive

Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.

The problem is that the constitution should have been and was an opportunity, exactly as Moncef Marzouki tried to do, to bring together the secularists and Islamists.

Fear is created which can lead to racism. However, we can overcome that fear through trust.

I believe my religion is the truth, but I am not the truth and the truth doesn't belong to me I'm trying to belong to the truth.

The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes. We have this construction today that the West and Islam are entirely separate worlds. This is wrong.

Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life.

Saying that Islam is in heart, is similar to giving back the exam's paper completely white and saying : knowledge is in brain.

Intellect is a part of a good faith. Intellect is the light, the heart is the direction.

Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names and is by my side at every window.

Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him

If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.

I have learned that one should say Peace! to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage.

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

In Ramadan, you should eat less and think more.

Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this morality, to be free is to protect the freedom of others and their dignities.

I am too old to think that numbers are creating change

The 'fires'n that produce thick, rarely innocent, often strategic smoke should therefore be scrutinized. they should be known and identified; and when they involve dishonesty, lies, or manipulation, they they should be ignored.