I have no argument with those who see in organized religion a template or an imperative to live life according to a prescribed set of beliefs. Just give others the room, within the laws of civil society, to believe or not believe whatever they like.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of respecting individual beliefs while acknowledging the structure that organized religion provides for some.
Michael J. Fox encourages a balance between personal beliefs and the acceptance of differing perspectives. He recognizes the value that organized religion can provide for some individuals in guiding their lives, but also insists on the need for tolerance and freedom of belief within a civil society, allowing everyone to choose their own spiritual path without interference.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech promoting interfaith dialogue and understanding.
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.
There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
I am only at home in the present.
The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things they deserve.
In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.
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