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

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

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

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

As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us: "With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas," or, They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them.

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?

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