QUOTES
Today,
people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes,
water and air pollution, hunger, the increasing erosion of moral values, and so
on. As a result, many other concerns have come to the fore: peace, contentment,
ecology, justice, tolerance, and dialogue. Unfortunately, despite certain promising
precautions, those who should be tackling these problems tend to do so by seeking
further ways to conquer and control nature and produce more lethal weapons.
Only
a few people seem to realize that social harmony and peace with nature, between
people, and within the individual only can come about when the material and spiritual
realms are reconciled.
Interfaith
dialogue is a must today, and the first step in establishing it is forgetting
the past, ignoring polemical arguments, and giving precedence to common points,
which far outnumber polemical ones.
tolerance
is our safest refuge and our fortress against the handicaps that arise from schism,
factions, and the difficulties inherent in reaching mutual agreement
Tolerance,
a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity,
or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems; it is a very important
source of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people.
Thanks
to their hope for forgiveness, humans can rise above the dark clouds that threaten
their horizon and seize the opportunity to see light in their world.
It
is impossible for people who have given their heart to seeking forgiveness not
to think of forgiving others. Just as they desire to be forgiven, they also desire
to forgive.
Love
is an elixir; a human lives with love, is made happy by love and makes those around
him or her happy with love. In the vocabulary of humanity, love is life; we feel
and sense each other with love.
Altruism
is an exalted human feeling, and its source is love. Whoever has the greatest
share in this love is the greatest hero of humanity; these people have been able
to uproot any feelings of hatred and rancor in themselves.
