C. S. Lewis Quotes

Christianity will only make a contribution to the future of Europe if it can prove that people like Sam Harris are wrong and that we can make peace.

We are not at war against Islam.

I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions.

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

Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

I have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people.

Jerusalem should not tolerate any religious war.

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

A religion that cannot stand a little laughter must be a very rotten one.

It is characteristic of theistic "tolerance" that no one really cares what the people believe in, just so they believe or pretend to believe.

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.

I make fun of people who are religious, because they're fundamentally weak.

”Islam, as practiced by the vast majority of people, is a peaceful religion.”

In religious matters it is now fashionable to define tolerance as the absence of criticism of any standard religion. All too often, this absence of criticism degenerates into a conspicuous absence of thought.

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.

You can be a follower of Muhammad or Jesus or Buddha or whomever. Always, they said that the most essential factor is to love your neighbor. And to love you.

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.

I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that... we need to be really, really respectful to people who find that ridiculous and... preposterous.

How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

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.

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.

I hope I would not be so arrogant as to doubt anyone's religion or belief.