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Quotes About Tolerance

A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.
~ xingjian gao ii
Allí donde se queman los libros, se acaba quemando también persona
~ Y?ko Ogawa
A heart has no shape, no limits. That's why you can put almost any kind of thing in it, why it can hold so much.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Profesorul avea nevoie de pace, ceea ce nu însemna neap?rat t?cere complet?. De fapt, nu p?rea s?-l deranjeze când Radical alerga pe hol sau d?dea tare sonorul radioului. Avea nevoie de o liniÅŸte interioar? pe care s? n-o tulbure lumea de afar?.
~ Y?ko Ogawa
Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
~ Yahya Jammeh
When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.
~ Yann Martel
Every Jew in Palestine is a bit of an Arab, and no Arab in Israel can deny that he's a little Jewish.
~ Yasmina Khadra
Yvan's a very tolerant bloke, which of course, when it comes to relationships, is the worst thing you can be. Yvan's very tolerant because he couldn't care less.
~ Yasmina Reza
As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.
~ David Mitchell
She could be breathing fire and I wouldn't mind. 'You could be breathing fire and I wouldn't mind,' I say.
~ David Nicholls
The more we tolerate crime, the more crime we will have.
~ David Oliver
Only psychologically mature young adults can tolerate the reality that their parents failed them in certain areas, because their maturity frees them from needing false but comforting illusions about their parents. That is, their identity is firm enough to allow them to stand on their own without needing the support of their parents.
~ David P. Celani
Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. – Hubert Humphrey
~ David Pietrusza
Hate the injustice not the unjust man, even though that shit is hard.
~ David Pilgrim
People at the Neutral level are easy to get along with and safe to associate with because they are not interested in conflict, competition, or guilt.
~ David R. Hawkins
The fact that religions, which usually have at their core a promotion of tolerance and peace, have been exploited to carry out violence clearly indicates that individuals and groups have not discovered the true "peace message" that is inherent in almost every religion. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 55)
~ David R. Smock
we cannot tolerate them, we add stress to our lives by fighting a losing game.
~ David Richo
Most people operate within a margin of plus or minus several minutes.
~ David S. Landes
Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything....I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate things once unthinkable. The rationalizations escalate....It's only marijuana. He gets high only on weekends. At least he's not using hard drugs....
~ David Sheff
The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.
~ David Storey
We set ourselves to achieve a society which would be maximally-tolerant. But that resolve not only gives maximum scope to the activities of those who have set themselves to achieve the maximally-intolerant society. It also, and more importantly, paralyzes our powers of resistance to them.
~ David Stove
In San Francisco, racism came at you with a smile.
~ David Talbot
Because if you left the straights to handle the party, it just wasn't going to happen.
~ David Talbot
When we listen to one another, we heal and learn. When we condemn and vilify one another, at best we lose the ability to grow; at worst, people get hurt.
~ David Thibodeau