Quotes on Peace And Tolerance

Infuriatingly stupid analysts - especially people who called themselves Arabists, yet who seemed to know next to nothing about the reality of the Islamic world - wrote reams of commentary [after 9/11]. Their articles were all about Islam saving Aristotle and the zero, which medieval Muslim scholars had done more than eight hundred years ago; about Islam being a religion of peace and tolerance, not the slightest bit violent. These were fairy tales, nothing to do with the real world I knew.

Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

In countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance restored, so that refugees can return home. In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.

A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind.

Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.

Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.