Ramakrishna Quotes

I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion - it is India.

I lead a multi-faith life.

I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness. For it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged.

Since nobody can interfere in the realm of God we should tolerate and live side by side with those of other faiths.

Catholics and Protestants remained faithful to their religions, but stopped thinking of them in zero-sum terms and gradually embraced the separation between church and state.

Jerusalem is holy to three religions. You have to respect that.

Religion is very important to me. One of my aims is to try to show that you can have faith and play cricket. There can be a lot of negativity and misunderstanding of Islam.

There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions.

We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.

As Commander of the Faithful, it is out of the question that I fight Islam. We need to fight violence and ignorance. It is true, when one strolls out, one sees women with scarves and men with beards. This has always been the case in Morocco. Morocco is built on tolerance.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

We have lived for thousands of years together, Muslims and Christians; we are part of the same society.

I have friends among the Christians, whom I love, and never for a moment have I thought of attacking their Christianity.

The church must constantly promote dialogue.

I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree.

I feel all the religions should be able to co-exist if the various factions would be willing to respect and learn from each other's faiths.

We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.

Like, my feelings on religion are starting to morph. I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird thing that I'm struggling with that seems to be offending both atheists and people that are religious.

I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird thing that I'm struggling with that seems to be offending both atheists and people that are religious.

Yes, I'm Catholic; I'm proud of it. But I had lots of Protestant friends.

Understanding the need for religion is a far superior goal to bashing it.