Peace And Tolerance Quotes by Angelina Jolie, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dalai Lama, Karl Popper, Nelson Mandela, Franklin D. Roosevelt and many others.
In countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance restored, so that refugees can return home. In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.
We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.
Compassion is the radicalism of our time.
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor – it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.
I wanted secular, non-Muslim people to stop kidding themselves that Islam is peace and tolerance.
There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.
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