I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“Despite his image as a bloody tyrant, Genghis was also forward thinking. His empire had the first international postal system, invented the… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
“Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the Quranic injunction, "Let there… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“O my brave Almighty Human, with the ever-effulgent flow of courage, conscience and compassion, turn yourself into a vivacious humanizer, and start… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“End the eternal battle of beliefs once and for all. If you are a believer, love your fellow non-believer for all the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
“I am not an atheist. But the religion that I do advocate is not of the Bible, Vedas, Quran or any other… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“A religious individual may most gloriously carry out his or her own rituals, as a part of his or her cultural identity,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“We don't have the luxury to say that, there is no hope for reform in Islam, because by saying this, we would… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Tim looked my way again. "And how to you think you will be judged, on the day the trumpet sounds? You who… — Robert J. Wiersema Copy Share Image
The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions… We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its problems. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
“To the representatives of theoretical Islam, i.e. Islamic fundamentalists, the Jews, the Christians, the Hindus, the Buddhists and all other humans who… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“God has made different religions to suit different aspirants, times, and countries. All doctrines are only so many paths; but a path… — Sri Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes, a love that… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion… — Walter Koenig Copy Share Image
“Accepting evil is worse than committing evil. You must – I repeat – you must, as a human being, stand up on… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Harmony is not a luxury, it is an existential necessity of the species. And to achieve it, if a hundred Bibles have… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should… — Charlie Dent Copy Share Image
“It can be helpful to think of humanity like a pearl necklace. Each human being is a pearl with distinct characteristics, but… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“On the surface, we are all different. We ascribe to a variety of belief systems, attain our identity from various stories, get… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
The more people come together, the more borders will be opened and people and opinions get together, the more unrenouncable tolerance will… — Thomas Klestil Copy Share Image
“It is more practical to make people transform their mindset about religion and religiousness and walk in the path of creed-less religious… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God. Forgiveness, compassion,… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
We turn now over the debate of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero…The controversy has raised profound questions about… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
“I am the thread of unification that goes through humans of all religions, cultures and ideologies while reinforcing their innate sense of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare… — Nursultan Nazarbayev Copy Share Image
Certainly I'm a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us.… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
“I work to make human beings out of human bodies. I work to make conscience out of mindlessness. I work to make… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Terrorism has nothing to do with religion, Islam or otherwise. Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The world has always teemed with a wide variety of spiritual thought and many differing journeys of the heart. But too often… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
“Of course, we in the West like to pat ourselves on the back and say we're more tolerant, and we are--but tolerance… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“The point is, being a Christian does not mean hating or belittling the non-Christians. Being a Muslim does not mean hating or… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Tolerance can be exercised only by those who have well-grounded convictions (although it will not always be exercised even by them). For… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image