About this quote

Belief, at its root, is stitched from one person's experience, doubts and longings, so no two people hold it identically even under the same label. Seeing faith as this personal makes room for others' versions instead of demanding conformity. Tolerance follows once you stop expecting a single mold.

When to use it

• Two siblings raised in the same house practice the family faith in quietly different ways.
• A congregation stops policing exactly how members pray and grows more welcoming.
• Friends of different creeds find they share more once neither insists the other convert.