Quotes from Hans Kung
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
— Hans Kung
All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
— Hans Kung
Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell.
— Hans Kung
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
— Hans Kung
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
— Hans Kung
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
— Hans Kung
That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.
— Hans Kung
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
— Hans Kung
The Gospel has to be the norm.
— Hans Kung
We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family.
— Hans Kung
In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
— Hans Kung
God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering.
— Hans Kung