Tim Ryan Quotes

Every musician tries to blend in some reggae. It's the only music that brings all people together, different races, different religions.

I'm not involved in the politics of religion, but I love what the message is.

Religion should be a bridge to unite us and not a wedge to divide us politically.

Here is a diversity of religions, educations, manners, interest, such as it would seem almost impossible to unite in one plan of conduct.

All religions have a point of convergence.

All holy days, no matter the religion with which they are associated, contain lessons for all humanity.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all.

We do not always appreciate the role the Queen has played in one of the most significant changes in the past 60 years: the transformation of Britain into a multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. No one does interfaith better than the Royal family, and it starts with the Queen herself.

I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.

The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity.

You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.

I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.

I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And just having a pure heart and being a good person can bring you closer to God. Because once you believe in one particular religion fully and not others, that requires you to start disliking people who don't share your views.

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

Liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians, and I find - I think education is something that can bring us together.

Even as Jews and Christians profoundly disagree about the truth, they are united in the belief that there is a truth to be sought.

The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.

In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the larger question of how it might inspire us to strengthen the bonds of belonging that redeem us from our solitude, helping us to construct together a gracious and generous social order.

More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion.

I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth.

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.

What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that much difference between Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists. We all worship God.

Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of history and a critical sensibility.