Quotes About Tolerance

Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone.

So here is where I am so far, and this is all I know: the world is a big sardine can, and some of us are too agreeable for words. Most of us, really.

Nada era verdaderamente insoportable si se tenía algo que leer.

A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.

We only hate what we don't understand.

Che uno deve a volte fingere di aver rabbia, ma rabbia proprio non si deve mai tollerare di averla. Perché, quando si nutre rabbia di qualcuno, è la stessa cosa che autorizzare quella medesima persona a venire a governare, durante tutto quel tempo, la nostra mente e il nostro sentire; e questo era mancanza di sovranità, e abbondante stupidaggine, e di fatto lo è.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

There's nothing wrong with having a different way of learning. What's wrong is when people blame you for it.

She looked for common ground. She did not nurse grudges.

A lot of energy is used up in the name of this false patience.

During the day, if you are invited to share your spiritual practice with anyone, remember that humility, non-judgment and respect for other's points of view are the best measure of spiritual attainment.

May there be peace on earth and goodwill towards all.

Humility does not necessarily require me to agree and comply with everyone else's position, but it does demand that I be willing to understand and respect the many sides of every issue.

My gods or your gods, who know which are stronger?' That's why we honor them all - just in case. There are more cultures even than Gods in the Eight Worlds, and among them you'll find people who are willing to kill you, or each other, over any difference in belief or lifestyle or physical appearance you can imagine - and some you can't. They all think they're right. There's no Truth, Tammis, only differences of opinion.

Sometimes it's easier not to try to understand people.

We must stand together, realizing the complexity of our histories, both personal and social, choosing when we can tolerate each other's company and when we cannot. We must never pretend to be experts on each other's lives, never belittle the deep differences that do exist or pretend that we do not see the places of exposed pain.

Let's play our 'benefit of the doubt' game, shall we?" This was a game that I invented when she was little. The goal was to remind ourselves not to take things personally, to extend grace to others by recognizing that we don't know what's happening in their lives. What started as a way to teach empathy wound up being a wonderful tool for me.

Whenever people were nasty, mean or downright rude, I returned to our "benefit of the doubt" game and imagined all the extenuating circumstances in their lives that might excuse their behavior.

like an emotional tooth-ache, bearable much of the time but with a propensity to flare up without notice and cause agony.

This book is a labor of love. It is dedicated to people who have cried themselves to sleep because they were 'different'. It is also a celebration of the 'inner outcast' in all of us, and a humble attempt to inspire tolerance, understanding, and acceptance." the intro from the author

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

Never doubt another's choices, I say. You can't know his reasons.

Mrs. Hedges, I believe you're prejudiced. I didn't know you were that human.' 'I ain't prejudiced,' she said firmly. 'I just ain't got no use for white folks. I don't want 'em anywhere near me. I don't even wanta have to look at 'em. I put up with you because you don't ever stop to think whether folks are white or black and you don't really care. That sort of takes you out of the white folks class.