black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.

Tariq Ramadan

Islam can only be modernized from within. If I state that I condemn the practice of stoning, that this punishment is despicable, it changes nothing. My fellow Muslims will say: Brother Tariq, you became a European, a Swiss citizen, so you are no longer one of us.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Brother Practice Punishment
Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Acting Beautiful Principle
We should not fool ourselves. When the Quran says wa la qad karamna Bani Adam [“we have honored the Children of Adam”] so yes we should all be free but this should not mean that we must act against the dignity of human beings.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Children Mean Quran
If we agree to say that those terrorists are indeed Muslim, I have no problem whatsoever to condemn their actions. I won’t apologise though, or justify my point of view.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Action Condemn Problem View
Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Greek Philosophy Religious
I am too old to think that numbers are creating change
TARIQ RAMADAN

Create Numbers Think
Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Humanity Solidarity Suffering
We must re-center philosophy within our frame of reference which I think is the way to deal with it.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Philosophy Think Way
Having traveled a lot and met people from different horizons it makes you more humble and ready to listen.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Different Humble People
I understand the need to serve the community by talking about marriage or halal food. But you should also lead with vision, wisdom and courage.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Community Talk Vision
If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Culture Peace Relax Spread
We are in a world that is connected, but is not communicating.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Communicate Connected World
We cannot have a free market since it does not really set us free. It’s free for interest, speculation and consumerism to create false needs.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Consumerism Doe Needs
Our emotions are often beautiful, but they can also be dangerous. They represent our spontaneity, and seem to speak to us of our freedom.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Beautiful Emotion Speak
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.
TARIQ RAMADAN

Fire Lit Quite Say Should
Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know
TARIQ RAMADAN

Humility Intellectual Modesty

Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Your heart is the center of humility, your mind could be the source of arrogance.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Tariq Ramadan Quotes