Tim Kaine Quotes

It doesn't matter what tradition you come from, what religion you have or don't, what culture you were brought up in or what God you ascribe to: Faith is worthwhile as it helps us to be kinder, more generous, more loving and forgiving people.

Just because people think politically different to you doesn't mean they're inhuman.

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

I've never called President Obama a racist. I love President Obama. I pray for him all the time. God loves President Obama. God loves you. And God loves me.

I believe in people.

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.

The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, — the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren and their rights of conscience. Tolerance is the first principal of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

I believe in so much - I believe in people. I believe in hope.

I don't hate anybody. I dislike people's politics.

I like people of faith, and I believe the more people who have spirituality, the better the world will be. It's about peace and tolerance.

I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them.

I believe in empathy. When religion provides that for people, it's the best thing in the world.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

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

If you really want to be able to express what goes on with other people, you have to be able to look at them and empathize with them and not judge who they are and what they do.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism.

If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.

What I'm looking for in people now is kindness.

We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.

Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church.

Our civilization is becoming less civil. You don’t have the right to demonize somebody just because they disagree with you.

Men do very little from love, a great deal from hate, most of all from indifference.