I think we are making a mistake, a very big mistake if we look at what we call the Arab Awakening only by looking at the whole dynamics in political and not in economic terms. Tariq Ramadan More Quotes by Tariq Ramadan More Quotes From Tariq Ramadan I can see both trends among the youths: people who are ready for a constructive, critical and active presence, and others who are ready to become invisible Muslims and to compromise to be accepted. I put my hope in the former and pray for the latter. Tariq Ramadan trends youth people This is the problem we have with many Muslim leaders: They claim to differentiate between domestic and foreign issues and they are obsessed with being accepted, at sitting at the table of power in order to talk (or rather to listen) and to be tolerated. This is the starting point of our weakness. It is in our minds because we do not realize we are part of the system. Tariq Ramadan issues leader order To be kind is good. To be kind without expecting anything in return is better. Tariq Ramadan be-kind return kindness You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement. Tariq Ramadan statements political silence I don't like what you`re doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today Tariq Ramadan insults-you who-i-am may Behind every great man is not a woman, she is beside him, she is with him, not behind him Tariq Ramadan behind-every-great-man great-men men The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others. Tariq Ramadan intellectual-humility judgemental looks The most dangerous prisons are those with invisible bars Tariq Ramadan invisible bars prison Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength. Tariq Ramadan forget-you never-forget forget A true teacher doesn't teach you to think like him, but to think without him. Tariq Ramadan teach teacher thinking If you read the Qur'an with your head, you find repetition. If you read it with your heart, you find depth. Tariq Ramadan repetition depth heart True Sufism is resistance: spiritual, intellectual, social, cultural, political and economic resistance. It cannot be, for sure, supporting dictators. Tariq Ramadan political intellectual spiritual Humility is knowing that you can get an answer from anybody: be it a child, another person, or nature. Tariq Ramadan knowing humility children Don't treat people the way they treat you. Treat them better. Tariq Ramadan treats people way Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam. Tariq Ramadan islam language culture Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful. Tariq Ramadan acting principles beautiful Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion. Tariq Ramadan speaks-out names believe If you do not have boundaries, you do not have a path. Tariq Ramadan boundaries ifs path 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. Tariq Ramadan i-believe trying believe A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening. Tariq Ramadan patient listening patience
