Quote by Flora Lewis
Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for t

Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isnt alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere. – Flora Lewis

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Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. – Flora Lewis

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Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion. – Richard John Neuhaus

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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. – Mahatma Gandhi

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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. – Dalai Lama

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Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. – Edward Bond

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