Quotes About Coexistence

Our common preference as a species is for difference rather than unity. (Vive la différence. Vive la guerre.) Nobody designed us to be this way—it just happens to be how we blundered into the nightmare of being. Life preys on life, per Schopenhauer

Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.

If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.

Mind thine own concerns. If he believes not as thou believest, it is a proof that thou believest not as he believes, and there is no earthly power can determine between you.

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

If we frame a situation in terms of 'us versus them,' and claim our side is right because we care for the general welfare of society, while theirs is wrong, then our motivation is almost identical to theirs!...We must try to develop compassion for all parties involved in a conflict because each of them wishes to be happy and to avoid problems.

It's not an 'either/or,' it's an 'and.' You can be serious and play.

I have no problems with a multicultural society; I think that is to the benefit of the country. But you have to be careful what levels you take it to.

The reality is that Israel is a multi-ethnic, multireligious society, and it makes no sense to insist as a precondition for peace that its neighbors recognize it as 'the Jewish state.'

I had two roosters at one point ,and that was pretty noisy. Our neighbors didn't like us very much. They would crow at the same time. That's why we had them in soundproof kennels.

I completely believe in peace and non-violence.

When you're around somebody all the time, you butt heads every now and then. That's what happens in every family.

We have numerous mandirs, gurudwaras, and mosques in my Congressional district and all across the U.S.

Cyclists need to obey the Highway Code, not run red lights, and not ride with iPods on, and motorists need to be more respectful and look out for cyclists.

There are objective people, there are opinion people, and in my opinion that makes for a better America.

The Serbian people certainly will never be an obstacle for the Montenegrins to have their own country.

Listen, the obvious thing to remember is without dark, there is no light, and without light, there is no dark.

Humans have occupied a position in nature that they should not. It is impossible for humans to conquer nature.

Nobody is ever really free, Gary. As long as you live with another human being, you're not free.

The world does not exist for our exclusive satisfaction. It consists of billions of creatures all trying to make their way through life, and God loves them all, even the creatures that can harm us (for more on this point, see Job 38–41).

Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars. Therefore, let both kingdoms live in peace.

Toplumlar?n hayat?n? belirleyen önemli ÅŸeyler insanlar?n birbirlerine benzeyen yanlar?ndan deÄŸil, benzemeyen yanlar?ndan ç?k?yordu.

If there were no goodness in people, mankind would still be confined to loping across a Savannah somewhere on Earth, watching the elephants rule, or some other more compassionate species.

The piggies were not to be disturbed-