Intolerance Quote by Robert D. Kaplan

I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of…

— Herbert Croly

“It is the greatest folly that is in Babel for people to strive about religion, so that they contend vehemently about opinions of their…

— Jakob Böhme

“So let there be prose. There must be a divine prose for the Prophet to triumph”

— Mahmoud Darwish

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they…

— Aristotle

“Extremism in religion is a mental mechanism to hide one's inferiority complexes.”

— Fahad Basheer

Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity. Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindles in the hour…

— Thomas Chalmers

“There is a need today for what I call prophetic simplicity. We need voices of dissent that point to another way, creative models that…

— Richard J. Foster

“Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political…

— Alexander Hamilton

“I find a preacher of the Gospel profaning the beautiful and prophetic ejaculation, commonly called “Nunc dimittis,” made on the first presentation of our…

— Edmund Burke

The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others. The creed whose legitimacy is most easily challenged is likely to develop the strongest…

— Eric Hoffer

“The most dangerous aspect of religion is its tendency to glorify the absurd and justify the abhorrent.”

— Stifyn Emrys

“The Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone.”

— Imam Junayd al-Baghdadi