Dominique Pire quotes
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“Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.”
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“There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands and oases constantly growing in number and being continually joined together until eventually they ring the world.”
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“Peace is not something to say but something to do.”
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“To act without knowledge is folly, to know without acting is cowardice.”
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“Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.”
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Source : Speech at the Ceremony to Inaugurate the Restored Humayun's Tomb Gardens, New Delhi, India, April 15, 2003.
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“Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.”
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“Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity.”
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