Hamza Yusuf Quotes

I've been able to stay good because of my family and keeping God first. If you don't have God in your life, how are you going to navigate through this world?

I've always been interested in definitions, because in the Bible, the Ten Commandments are there but there's no real clear definition of what sin is, in a fundamental sense - how we can use the words to evaluate our lives as we go along: Am I doing something that is ethically good? Am I being worthwhile in my life at this moment?

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

I think a lot of people in America do not understand that the basis of true liberty can't happen without an objective moral standard by which we live our lives.

In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions.

I'm a person that's grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord's side.

If you ain't thinkin' about man and God and law, then you ain't thinkin' about nothin'.

We will base our actions upon the sublime truths which the Holy Religion of our Savior teaches. Both in the administration of our respective States, and in our political relations with every other government, we take for our sole guide the precepts of Holy Religion, namely, the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity and Peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the councils of Princes, and guide all their steps.

To hold on to what you believe is just and right.

Deep down in my heart and what I've seen and what I've been around, there is nothing better than Islam.

The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness.

High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.

My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness.

I totally reject and have rejected throughout my entire career the proposition that the end justifies the means or that a judge should decide cases based on a desire to reach a certain outcome.

If society is a ship, it appears to many to be firmly at anchor in moral waters. Perhaps this isn't so.

I don't believe that there are two sides to a story when it's a matter of right versus wrong. It just doesn't work that way.

My moral compass is strong.

I grew up with the Bible education, and my values come from there.

My faith has really been the biggest asset of my career. It has grounded me and let me focus on what's important.

I should not deal with things that aren't founded on ethical principles, because that's not who I am as a human being.

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong. That's how I live my life.

You must have anger, as rightful wrath is what makes you create your own ethical standards.

I think there's an opportunity hopefully for religion to be not so much used as a cudgel but invoked as a way of calling us to higher values.

I've just always done what I've felt is best, according to what the Bible tells me. That's why I started protesting, and that's what I continue to do every day.