Quotes About Tolerance

I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.

You must remember that we persecute nobody for religion. We regard religion as an error and fight it with education.

Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion.

I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender, race or religion. Nothing less than that is at stake.

My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not

Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it's not something that I practice or recommend, but to each his own.

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

My religion is kindness.

If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.

While many Islamic countries pay lip service to the idea of freedom of religion, they don't put up with conversion from Islam to another religion.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

There is no religion of terrorism.

Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.

Muslims stand by their religion entirely. It is a sort of religious absolutism. While Europeans have stopped defending the values of their civilization. They confuse tolerance with relativism.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.

I want young people to know that they can belong - whatever your culture, your religion, your sexuality - that you can live life how you want to live it and feel comfortable how you are.

That's the funny thing about religion: it doesn't matter what you say, you're going to upset someone.

I don't think we should proselytize a particular religion.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.