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> [When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/when-thousands-of-people-discover-that-their-story-is-also-someone/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

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> [Everywhere I go - from villages outside Kandy, Sri Lanka, to community centers in Amman, Jordan, to offices at the State Department in Washington, D.C. - I find people with a similar story. When thousands of people discover that their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/everywhere-i-go-from-villages-outside-kandy-sri-lanka-to-community/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

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## More by Eboo Patel

> [Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/finding-mecca-in-america-weaves-social-theory-and-concrete/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [I think that we live in a remarkably networked world. The problem with that, of course, is that tensions can travel in nanoseconds across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-think-that-we-live-in-a-remarkably-networked-world-the-problem-with/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [“In one of the moments when my father was feeling especially righteous about his “Muslim-ness,” I overheard him expressing concern to my mother that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/in-one-of-the-moments-when-my-father-was-feeling-especially-righteous/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/we-have-to-build-bridges-that-are-stronger-than-the-bombs-that-other/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [Religious pluralism is neither mere coexistence nor forced consensus. It is a form of proactive cooperation that affirms the identity of the constituent communities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/religious-pluralism-is-neither-mere-coexistence-nor-forced-consensus/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [“I realized that it was precisely because of America’s glaring imperfections that I should seek to participate in its progress, carve a place in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-realized-that-it-was-precisely-because-of-america-s-glaring/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality, and one of the great ideas of our time is pluralism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/a-social-entrepreneur-is-somebody-who-knows-how-to-make-an-idea/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/show-me-a-religion-that-doesn-t-care-about-compassion-show-me-a/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/to-see-the-other-side-to-defend-another-people-not-despite-your/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [When thousands of people discover that their story is also someone else's story, they have the chance to write a new story together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/when-thousands-of-people-discover-that-their-story-is-also-someone/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [Religious extremists want to show us that the only possibility is for us to kill each other, so September 11 is not only heinous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/religious-extremists-want-to-show-us-that-the-only-possibility-is-for/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-as-a-muslim-believe-deeply-in-the-differences-that-are-within-islam/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [I thought about the meaning of pluralism in a world where the forces that seek to divide us are strong. I came to one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/i-thought-about-the-meaning-of-pluralism-in-a-world-where-the-forces/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [Too many people think that the faith line divides Muslims and Christians or Jews and Hindus, or just to say that there is this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/too-many-people-think-that-the-faith-line-divides-muslims-and/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

> [A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eboo-patel/a-social-entrepreneur-is-somebody-who-knows-how-to-make-an-idea-2/)

[Eboo Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eboo-patel/)

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