Pluralism

“The more we eliminate this diversity, the lesser we become.”

“A nation is not only a matter of race or the color of skin.”

“There is no single interpretation.”

“أنا بطريركُ الموارنة، طائفتي لبنان، وأنا لكلِّ اللبنانيّين”

“One of the most important questions for our time is how societies and individuals respond to this diversity.”

“Cultural plurality is the world's treasure.”

“Our ultimate objective is to have a mature society where difference of opinion is tolerated with much indulgence and where dialogue and a spirit of compromise lives on.”

“People in the Arab world have to realise that when they go to elections, they elect not necessarily the person they like, not the person of their religion, or his tribe - and this is a big disaster.”

“The Eastern Churches do not adhere to all canons and customs, which are found in the Western councils.”

“I could never owe allegiance to any one of the various schools of psychoanalysis or of psychotherapy.”

“Marilah kita bersatu dengan tidak membeza-bezakan sama ada kita datang dari Bugis, dari Banjar, dari Jawa, dari Bali, dari Sumatera.”

“Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories.”

“Poetry provides an important alternative voice to journalists or pundits or academics as a way of dealing with things that matter to us all.”

“تكون طائفتنا الوحيدة هي سوريا”

“I happen to believe that this world is going to be a better place when more cultures are actually given a chance to be put at the table.”

“I've fought sectarianism all my life. That doesn't mean I was one-sided. I just hated it.”

“لتكن طائفتنا الوحيدة هي سوريا”

“Democracy thrives on the interplay of formal representative institutions and the energies of civil society.”