Robert Winston Quotes

To uphold religious tolerance, it is very wise that an adherent of a religion should not do something forbidden in another religion in front of the adherent of the latter.

Some of my best friends in LA are devoutly religious people. I'm completely supportive and interested in people doing their own thing. That's a motto that I try to live by, and I hope that's how other people treat me. Live and let live.

We must continue to show tolerance for those whose opinions and sincerely held beliefs differ from our own. We must lead by example, finding a way to respect one another and to celebrate a culture that protects religious freedom while promoting equality under the law.

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

We are a people of many different religions and many different faiths. The only way forward in a pluralistic society of diverse faiths such as ours is to have laws that protect and respect the freedom of all, equally.

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.

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.

Religion is a very delicate subject in Lebanon. You have to know how to say things in a very delicate way in order to be accepted.

I am a proud Hindu, but that doesn't I mean I disrespect others' religion.

The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.

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.

For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.

Certainly I'm a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us. I think that's how we're all going to come together.

We are not at war against Islam.

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

If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.

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 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.

Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.

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.

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

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.

Despite differences of faith or even the occasional collisions between them, Egypt is united.

In my cabinet at the present moment there sit side by side Catholic and Protestant, Christian and Jew.

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.