It's that engagement of learning that makes us feel alive.
I'm yet to discover any form of theocracy that isn't homophobic, that isn't bigoted to the out group.
No idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion [Islam] is not Islamophobia.
There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.
Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?
Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.
No form of theocracy, whether it's manifested in a violent or non-violent form, is ever good for civilisation, and we have to challenge it in civil society as well as we would challenge Christian-based theocracy, or any other form of bigotry.
Climbing is so fun and such a good experience, that I think it's important not to take it too seriously. It's not the end of the world - or the entire world either.
The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone, that never mused on sorrow but its own.
As a man I am not a killer. I’m an artist and a modern person. I’ll choose sanity.
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.