Abdolkarim Soroush

“Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.”

“People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.”

“After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.”

“That President Mohammad Khatami's policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Kha...”

“We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.”

“If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take diff...”

“Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of che...”

“Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.”

“When I have an idea, I'm like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver.”