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I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt.
— Barack Obama
One should not think of embracing another religion before one had fully understand his own.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Religion is a great force - the only real motive force in the world but you must get at a man through his own religion not through yours.
— George Bernard Shaw
It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me it's the parts that I do understand.
— Mark Twain
Love for others what you love for yourself
— Anonymous
As the little boy said to the Sunday School teacher after being told the reason we are on Earth is to help others: "Then what are the others here for?"
— Anonymous
Reason is the presupposition of faith, and faith is the fulfillment of reason.
— Paul Tillich
[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.
— John Stott
We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
— John Calvin
Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
— Timothy Keller
Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.
— Albert Schweitzer
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
— James Dobson