“O people! Your God is one and your forefather (Adam) is one. An Arab is not better than a non-Arab and a non-Arab is not better than an Arab, and a red (i. e. white tinged with red) person is not better than a black person and a black person is not better than a red person, except in piety.”

“All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. You know that every Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. Remember, one day you will appear before Allah and answer for your deeds. So beware, do not astray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.”

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”

“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.”

“I am an Arab and Arab minded person, but I am not a racist, a Shiite, but I am not sectarian.”

“A virtuous person is better than virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.”

“A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.”

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.”

“It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”

“If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.”