Tolerance

“প্রধান সমস্যা অসহিষ্ণুতা।”

“We do not wish to throw them into the sea.”

“Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict.”

“We can learn the art of disagreement from him which is not just the key to democracy but the need of the hour.”

“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.”

“أنا أحب سليم سركيس لا جريدته — وأعاشر الرجل لا سياسته.”

“Türkiye koşar adım köktenciliğe, bağnazlığa gidiyor.”

“I live for the sound of people singing together.”

“Someone or other is bound to get offended.”

“Es más conveniente al filósofo, incluso al cristiano, seguir varias escuelas a voluntad, que elegir una sola a que adscribirse.”

“Pagan patriotism is the love of one’s own coupled with hate of all others. However, Christian love of the Fatherland, embracing all people, unites Christians with adversaries and enemies.”

“Sharing spirituality across religious boundaries will make us neighbours who honour each other's specificities while at the same time seeking mutual caring and sharing and learning together.”

“To understand a culture is to say to yourself, If I’d been living then I could conceive that I could have believed that and remained rational and been quite a decent sort of person.”

“Interreligious dialogue is seen as a necessity in any society, as a way to build bridges in an increasingly diverging world.”

“I started as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without having ceased to be a Christian.”

“I believe in the sincerity of the Chinese leadership about peaceful coexistence between nations with different political systems.”

“The Lebanese had created, preserved, defended, affirmed and advanced an expansive and liberal civilization.”

“There must not be us and them – there are only us.”