Hans Kung Quotes

Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.

I consider peace between world religions as a prerequisite for peace among the nations

Instead of more violence why isn't there a [meeting of religious leaders]. It's all got to be dialogue - that's the only way. Get everybody from each religion together and say 'Listen, this can't go on. Why do we have all this hatred?'

Never before probably has the need for interfaith commitment been nearly as great as it is at this very moment.

If Catholics and Jews can today come together regularly for talks after so many tears and so much blood have been shed, than Jews and Arabs must be able to do the same.

It is very important that the world know that there have been 500 years of peaceful coexistence in Turkey between the Jews and Moslems.

Most of the conflict in the world today has religious causes so religious leaders can be instrumental in bringing peace.

Today we must secure not a clash between civilizations, but a reconciliation and bringing together of the values of Islam and Christianity.

I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

Interfaith dialogue is a must today, and the first step in establishing it is forgetting the past, ignoring polemical arguments, and giving precedence to common points, which far outnumber polemical ones.

It is essential for world peace that the world religions make peace with each other. If they don't, we can hardly expect the nations of the world to lay down their arms.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

Moreover, I want us to urge political and religious leaders, and all peoples of the world, to move forward in a conciliatory spirit, to deal with religious matters in a responsible and balanced way, and to focus on their common grounds.

Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.

America is the world of peace and must be made the continent of its definite consequence.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.

Religions themselves are... peace-loving. They can also be a constructive force in peace-building, and this also applies to the Middle East.

Right now we're in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the way, but if you put two people together in a room, they can talk it out and work it out, just like Anna and the King.

All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.

For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.

But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.