Suharto Quotes

There will be no lasting peace on earth unless we learn not merely to tolerate but even to respect the other faiths as our own.

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

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.

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

Religious tolerance has developed more as a consequence of the impotence of religions to impose their dogmas on each other than as a consequence of spiritual humility in the quest for understanding.

One must know enough to respect the public and not to outrage its faith, whatever religion be involved

Whether you're religious or not, there is a real need for other people's religious positions to be treated with the upmost respect.

The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.

We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.

I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other.

Many Muslims honor people of other faiths and do not kill.

I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed

Knowledge about religions is not only characteristic of an educated person, but is also absolutely necessary for understanding and living in a world of diversity.

… tolerance is essential to protect one's own religion and one's own deeply held religious beliefs from external manipulation or efforts to overcome them, perhaps from other religions that are pushing in the opposite direction. That is the basic reason for religious tolerance.

The students, faculty and administration are reminded of the pluralism of religious beliefs. Specifically, that which is important and meaningful to some, may be offensive and repugnant to others. Each person is reminded to be conscious of and respect the sensitivities of others.

As there are a very great variety of religious sects in the world, it is particularly recommended, as a means of uniting the inhabitants of the village into one family, that while each faithfully adheres to the principles which he most approves, at the same time all shall think charitably of their neighbors respecting their religious opinions, and not presumptuously suppose that theirs alone are right.

I was brought up in a Jewish home, but I was brought up to be human - not fanatical, which is something that I don't appreciate at all. I learned to become a humanist and not to dwell on the differences between Jews and Christians.

I don't have a problem with other people having different faith; my problem is if we confuse respecting that with surrendering our own faith.