Paul Davies Quotes

I would support peaceful co-existence between religion and science because they concern different domains. Anyone who takes theology seriously knows that it's not a matter of using it to explain things that scientists are mystified by.

What we perceive things to be when they come out of our mouth is not what the listener perceives it to be. They think it differently. They're not your blood. They're not your mind. You get in an argument.

I am very much about peace. There is so much turmoil in this world.

Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. If one's faith requires one to abandon or ignore natural laws, well, that person is going to have trouble reconciling religion and science. Otherwise, there is no any conflict.

We are not willing to accept that mothers and fathers on the other side don’t want peace. They also want it, and I understand that they have a lack of hope just like here.

Confidence alone does not make peace, but acknowledging rights and confidence do. Failure to recognize these rights creates a sense of injustice; it keeps the embers burning under the ashes.

If you want peace, you have to accept the other. Talk to the other, and accept that they have rights.

Disagreement does not necessarily have to be overcome. It may remain an important and constitutive feature of our relations to others and also be seen as something that is merely to be expected in the light of the best explanations we have of how such disagreement arises.

If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle.

We must fight for peace bravely as we fought in war.

You're in a band with someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to agree with everything they think or do.

No matter what, everyone will go through a disagreement - that's what makes us all different.

Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.

Israel will never surrender to hatred.

Reasonable people can have differences.

We're not ashamed to use the word 'peace.'

It's a neutralizing mantra to say to everybody, 'I come in peace.' I come in peace. That's why it's important.

You can't punch people in the face, punch people in the face, punch people in the face, and ask them to have tea and crumpets with you and think it's all good. Life doesn't work that way.

Talk to your enemies; sometimes ignorance comes from a lack of understanding.

There are roughly 22,000 Palestinians working side by side with what you call settlers in factories and malls in the West Bank. If you work together, you start understanding each other.

When I meet a new person, I don’t see race or religion. I look deeper. We must learn to satisfy our conflicts peacefully and to respect one another.

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

Science ever has been, and ever must be, the safeguard of religion.

Science and religion will meet and shake hands.

Many Syrians understand that the only option that exists is the option of peace, which means the option of compromise, .. Nobody can have 100 percent of his desires. He must compromise.