Compassion Quote by Brian D. McLaren

“The essence of religion remains love and kindness, yet it has been the biggest cause of hatred and violence.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“it seems obvious that both the religious and the irreligious are capable of varying degrees of tolerance or intolerance, benevolence or malice, depending on…

— David Bentley Hart

“While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its problems. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us…

— Sam Harris

... so far from entrenching human conduct within the gentle barriers of peace and love, religion has ever been, and now is, the deepest…

— Frances Wright

“In fact, the causes of conflict are usually greed, envy, and ambition, but in an effort to sanitize them, these self-serving emotions have often…

— Karen Armstrong

“Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal…

— George Washington

“My heart goes out to some of those rather hostile yet highly intelligent individuals who may see problems really because they have solutions. That…

— Criss Jami

When you meet opposition to your faith, your first reaction may be anger toward your antagonist. This may divert your attention from the deeper,…

— Henry Blackaby

“The greatest threat to religion in any society is not persecution, but rather apathy born of irrelevance.”

— Sherman A. Jackson

Religion should be a source for reconciliation, for tolerance and for empathy.

— Charles Kimball

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

— Anonymous

Unfortunately, violent events and hate-filled rhetoric around the world provide ample opportunity for promoting religious hostility.

— Ibrahim Hooper