Quotes About Tolerance

It is not given to human beings—happily for them, for otherwise life would be intolerable—to foresee or to predict to any large extent the unfolding course of events.—WINSTON CHURCHILL, EULOGY FOR NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, NOVEMBER 12, 1940

Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.

No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.

I always say that the young people are the future of the world, and if we start with them first, if we educate and develop a sense of tolerance among them, our future, the future of this world, will be in good hands for generations to come.

Remember not all Germans were Nazis.

No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way. Diary

I loved you enough to accept you for what you are, not what I wanted you to be.

Not to laugh, not to lament, not to curse, but to understand.) —SPINOZA

I have tried to avoid moving against and negating any point of view, no matter how personally antipathetic to me, if it seems to have in it a core of truthfulness.

The writer's job is not to judge, but to seek to understand.

To understand is to forgive.

Also, he had always had a great tolerance which seemed the nicest thing about him if it were not the most sinister.

You should not judge; you should understand.

Those men are not fascists, they are same people as us.

Can't you let a man die as comfortably as he can without calling him names?

We never argued about these things because I kept my mouth shut about things I did not like.

he had always had a great tolerance which seemed the nicest thing about him if it were not the most sinister. All

For one who had afición he could forgive anything.

No me gustan los perros por ser perros, los caballos por ser caballos ni los gatos por ser gatos.

I'm Not All-Right, and You're Not All-Right, But That's Okay—THAT'S All-Right

The essence of tolerance lies in its openness to difference.

We see what we want to see, what we can tolerate seeing, and our partner does the same. Neutralizing each other's complexity affords us a kind of manageable otherness. We narrow down our partner, ignoring or rejecting essential parts when they threaten the established order of our coupledom. We also reduce ourselves, jettisoning large chunks of our personalities in the name of love.

we can tolerate seeing

I suggest that our ability to tolerate our separateness—and the fundamental insecurity it engenders—is a precondition for maintaining interest and desire in a relationship.