Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

… morality ends where the gun begins.

A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening.

Let's not demonize people who don't happen to agree with us.

At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.

Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.

If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.

Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting.

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people's passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people's minds, you have to respect the people you're talking to.

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

I try to teach my kids to be open.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind.

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

We must win the common people in every corner. This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behaviour, show, condescention, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel

I celebrate everyone’s opinion even if I disagree with it.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

You treat everyone with respect even though you don’t know them and even though you do not agree with them.

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.