Quotes About Coexistence

The hunter and the mermaid were so different from each other that it seemed to them, finally, that they were exactly alike; and they lived together and were happy.

We all harbor irreconcilable ideas. (People are no damn good, but I'm a fine fellow. Being overweight is a grave threat to my health; please pass the doughnuts. Life is short; let's watch TV.) Yet most of us get along pretty well.

The triumph of humanity is to recognise diversity and difference yet having the ability to bring people together and create bridges between them.

Israelis and Palestinians need to create spaces of living together to replace places where they die together.

Harmony is dependent upon a recognition of difference and a willingness to hold one's own truth intact in its presence.

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.

I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.

I have a cat and a dog. They don't really get along, but I think they get along when no one is looking.

I have tried to kill sectarianism, whether in Catholics or Protestants.

If you've read 'Dark Ecology,' you'll know there's a whole thing about cats in it, more than once.

Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.

I have friends among the Christians, whom I love, and never for a moment have I thought of attacking their Christianity.

You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each to take alternate days.

I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.

We are no longer a nation of one church; we are a nation of many churches.

Let Catholics build their own churches and works.

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor.

I am a peace supporting Jew.

My priority will remain supporting those courageous individuals and organizations, among both Israelis and Palestinians, committed to bringing peaceful coexistence to the region.

If people are given the chance to experience life in more than one country, they will hate a little less. It's not a miracle potion, but little by little you can solve problems in the basement of a country, not on the surface.

Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races.

when you enter another's reality, you observe her rules. Then

We live inside each other's thoughts and works.

But no religion is inherently violent or peaceful; people are violent or peaceful.