At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted read more

At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France.

It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to read more

It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.

Why? Is this guy afraid of me?

Why? Is this guy afraid of me?

That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end.

That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end.

It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, read more

It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, he'll hang himself. But how much rope will it take?

He never, never worried about it. He seemed comfortable about it.

He never, never worried about it. He seemed comfortable about it.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.

I think people really want to be happy.

I think people really want to be happy.

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays read more

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time