Quotes About Coexistence

Thousands of years ago, man lived in harmony with the rest of the natural world. Through what we would today call Telepathy, he communicated with animals, plants, and other forms of life-none of which he considered "beneath" himself, only different, with different jobs to perform. He worked side by side with earth angels and nature spirits, with whom he shared responsibility for taking care of the world.

In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between "superior" and "inferior" to separate one man or species from another. All retained their natural Virtue and lived in a state of pure simplicity.

I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.

Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths.

It takes the black keys and the white keys both, to make perfect harmony." - Benny Goodman, The King of Swing reply to when he was asked as to why he had an integrated band

The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all.

India's history and destiny, India's legacy and future, are a function of coexistence and conciliation, of reform and reconciliation.

We in the Joint List are living proof that Arabs and Jews refuse to be enemies.

We want to make Pakistan a safe place for every Pakistani regardless of his faith or ethnicity.

India has rarely been a judgemental society... We respect each other's identity - whether born of region, language or faith; or even the absence of faith.

I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.

For some reason, we have completely separated Christians who are rappers, and we have separated, I guess, regular rappers. I feel that we should be able to mingle, enjoy each other's company, and trade ideas.

I am not insulted by billions of Christians, Muslims and Jews believing there is a God and praying to this nonexistent deity on a regular basis.

I accept that there are multitudes seeking God, seeking meaning, and so on, but if they reject atheism, I would rather they became modern-day Catholics or Jews than that they became Muslims.

Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.

We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own culture.

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

What's my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that... if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are.

My husband is as much a proud Muslim as I am a proud Hindu. That's the beauty of our nation - and our marriage, too.

As for my stand, I think it has become difficult in our country to be a Hindu and a liberal at the same time.

One has to inculcate a feeling that if I build a road, then a Hindu or a Muslim or a Parsi or a Christian can walk on that road. We all have equal right to share water, electricity, or road.

I am a proud Hindu, but that doesn't I mean I disrespect others' religion.

Americans honor and respect each other's faith, and we honor those that choose to have no faith.

My dream is that one day, all people will live without fear, in real peace, with no fighting and no hostility.