Spiritual Tolerance Quotes

I came to the conclusion long ago . . . that all religions were true, and also that all had some error in them.

The one philosophy or religion I find I am most close to is the Buddhist one. I think it is the one that respects others and the one that doesn't say that this is the only way. I think happiness is the moment when - if you've forgotten those little things - they suddenly come back into focus for you.

All religion must be tolerated, for this way everyone may get to Heaven in his own way.

I'm a practicing Roman Catholic, but you don't have to be Catholic, you don't have to be a Christian to work for Blackwater.

India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.

I'm a Christian, but I've coached and played with Muslims and all kind of different religions.

It is against my religion to impose my religion.

The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents.

As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also to cherish moral and spiritual qualities such as modesty, humility, compassion, and, most important, to attain a certain degree of emotional equilibrium.

We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.

I'd say I'm not sure about Christianity, but I sure do like their Christ and the lessons about turning the other cheek, about forgiveness, of yourself and others.

I believe with all my heart that the Church of Jesus Christ should be a Church of blurred edges.

We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything to wound the conscience and moral sense of others, may indeed act immorally, but so long as he is not guilty of being importunate, he violates no right.

In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology

The path of bhakti, karma and love as expounded in the Gita leaves no room for the despising of man by man.

Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one's actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.

The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive.

That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic to preserve their own freedom of opinion have always proved themselves intolerable of the spiritual liberty of others?

All religions must be tolerated. Every man must get to heaven in his own way.

One should not think, 'My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.' God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.

Blasphemy? No, it is not blasphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if He is as little as that, He is beneath it.

I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian.

For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful.

My Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions. In this lies the secret of Ramarajya.