Teaching others, he corrected himself.
We have to build bridges that are stronger than the bombs that other people might throw
The question of how people orient around religion differently, or interact with one another, whether that be based on conflict or cooperation, will be one of the most engaging questions of the 21st century.
Religious pluralism is neither mere coexistence nor forced consensus. It is a form of proactive cooperation that affirms the identity of the constituent communities while emphasizing that the well-being of each and all depends on the health of the whole. It is the belief that the common good is best served when each community has a chance to make its unique contribution.
To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism
Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a religion that doesn't care about hospitality.
I have learned so much more about Islam in conversation with Jews and Christians and Hindus. I feel like that is part of the beauty of life on Earth - that we discover and develop what it means to be Muslim or Christian or Jewish not in isolation from others, but precisely in relationship with others.
You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.
I've never been a pizza eater. I don't like to hold it and fold it and always burn the roof of my mouth. I hate having greasy fingers.
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
I love seeing people having fun. Everyone over in L. A. is too cool for it. That's the problem.