"There is no such thing as a pure culture."

"The Orient is not an inert fact of nature. It is not merely 'there,' as the Occident is. It is an idea that has a history and a tradition of thought, imagery, and vocabulary that have given it reality…"

"The struggle for justice is a universal struggle, a struggle that transcends borders and cultures."

"The intellectual must always be in opposition, never in complicity."

"The university should be a place of critical inquiry, of intellectual freedom, of social responsibility."