“Rise above the dualities, the opposites. See this whole world as the bubbles on the surface of water. See people as bubbles on the surface of the Brahman, of the Infinity...Water bubbles up, rises up. Like that, everybody is rising and having their own games and plays and dissolving back into the Infinite.” PeopleWorldPlayWholeReligionGamesWaterOppositesInfiniteSurfaceWhole WorldRisingInfinityBubblesRise AboveDualityBrahmanDissolving Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but it is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, and the other of granting it. The one is the pope, armed with fire and fagot, and the other is the pope selling or granting indulgences.” ReligionLibertyFireConscienceOppositesAssumingSellingPopeIndulgenceDespotismCounterfeitTolerationWithholdingFagots Book:Complete Works Source: Complete Works
“All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.” HumansTwoReligionForceTeachAcceptanceEternalOppositesSeriesRejectionEndeavourTwo Opposites Book:Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” PeopleIfsLoveLifeInspirationalHumansHeartPersonsInspirationMotivationalReligionHatePeaceBornCommunityInspiringLearningSocietyHuman NaturePositiveTaughtColorPoliticianRacismHatredSkinsOppositesI HateBackgroundsDiscriminationHatedLgbtSouth AfricaHuman HeartLove HateApartheidHuman DignityLove And HateHate PeopleSkin ColorHate HimAnti RacismLearning To LoveLong WalksLong Walk To FreedomLove Or HateEducation And FreedomI Hate PeoplePeace HarmonyPeace And ToleranceAnti DiscriminationInspirational FreedomNo HateHated LoveHate ReligionHate GodDiscrimination And RacismEnding RacismNatural LoveAgainst RacismJustice And Love Author:Nelson Mandela