Quotes About Coexistence

We are all One. Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way.

You must learn to live within the contradiction.

If a huge genetic gap separated us from our closest relative in the animal kingdom, we could justifiably celebrate our brilliance. We might be entitled to walk around thinking we're distant and distinct from our fellow creatures. But no such gap exists. Instead, we are one with the rest of nature, fitting neither above nor below, but within.

The problem comes when religion enters the science classroom. There's no tradition of scientists knocking down the Sunday school door, telling preachers what to teach. Scientists don't picket churches. By and large—though it may not look this way today—science and religion have achieved peaceful coexistence for quite some time. In fact, the greatest conflicts in the world are not between religion and science; they're between religion and religion.

But really we are one with the rest of nature, fitting neither above nor below, but within.

If we instead back away from all that divides us, you might find common, unifying perspectives on the world. If so, watch where you step.

It's kind of a continuum…We used to think that they were two totally different things, and now we know that there's a gray area in between…

If in other respects the old condition of things be continued, and there be no discordance in their customs, men live peaceably with one another...

The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.

I have made my home among the mountain gorillas.

I'd bite off the Beatles, or anybody else. It's all one world, one planet and one groove. You're supposed to learn from each other, blend from each other, and it moves around like that.

Two old Bachelors were living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse.

Multiple cat households are a good thing.

When you bring multiple cultures together, there's a degree of push and pull.

London is a liberal city, in all senses of the word. It is a city built on the idea that the multitude of cultures that inhabit it are a benefit, not a curse, where communities from all over the globe live and work side by side, enriching each other's experiences.

In Mumbai you have people of all cast and religion.

In Mumbai and Chennai there is method in the madness. Despite its large crowds there is a 'live and let live' spirit and a connection with good.

People are living with a 'live and let live' attitude which I like here in Mumbai.

Typically, people think, 'Oh the hippies and the punks hated each other,' or that those things don't go together musically. Sometimes that is true, but we had equal parts of both in our musical DNA.

Not every Muslim is out to get us.

It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalists - deride other people because of their different beliefs and lifestyles.

If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.

I think Christians and Muslims should hug each other.

Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.