As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance

Understanding, love and tolerance are the highest forms of interest on out small and interdependent planet.

The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

The law of love and compassion for all living creatures is again a doctrine to which we are all too ready to pay slip service. However, if it is to become a reality, it requires a process of education, a veritable mental renaissance. Once it has become a reality, national as well as international problems will fall into perspectives and become easier to solve. Wars and conflicts, too, will then become a thing of the past, because wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

The war we have to wage today has only one goal, and that is to make the world safe for diversity.