"People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what â€“ and who â€“ we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings."

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Source : Twitter post from Feb 14, 2017

Kofi Annan

#Hate Quotes #Teaching Quotes #People Quotes

“If the term education may be understood in so large a sense as to include all that belongs to the improvement of the mind, either by the acquisition of the knowledge of others or by increase of it through its own exertions, we learn by them what is the kind of education science offers to man. It teaches us to be neglectful of nothing - not to despise the small beginnings, for they precede of necessity all great things in the knowledge of science, either pure or applied.”
“I am considered an icon at the age of 20 when people like after 40s or after they die are considered icons. It's just amazing!”

Source : "Sonam Kapoor: I am considered an icon at the age of 20". www.rediff.com. March 30, 2014.
“I'm a very proud Australian, always bragging about our country wherever I am in the world.”
“Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is.”
“Bathed in sweat and trembling with agitation, no, not with agitation, but with fear, for he finally admitted it to himself: it was naked fear that had seized him, and in admitting it he grew calmer and his thoughts clearer.”
“It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea.”

Source : Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities x 4 and The Traction Codex”, p.13, Scholastic UK
“To you who hear I say, love your enemies,do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,pray for those who mistreat you.To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic.Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
“Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.”

Source : Interview with Seventeen Magazine, www.seventeen.com. November 30, 2007.

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