Quotes About Tolerance

invidious comparisons of this kind is to stand convicted of bigotry.

It is time we acknowledged that no real foundation exists within the canons of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any of our other faiths for religious tolerance and religious diversity.

To speak plainly and truthfully about the state of our world—to say, for instance, that the Bible and the Koran both contain mountains of life-destroying gibberish—is antithetical to tolerance as moderates currently conceive it. But we can no longer afford the luxury of such political correctness. We must finally recognize the price we are paying to maintain the iconography of our ignorance.

Believing that no one is better than the other. You know I grew up in the South. My senior year there was a very big racial tension.

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Differences can be a strength.

The greatest strength a man can achieve is gentleness.

For nearly two hundred years, our nation has derived its strength from the diversity of its people and of their beliefs. That strength has been greatly enhanced by [the Islamic] religious heritage.

If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.

Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.

Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness. I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a sign of weakness, whereas patience is a sign of strength

Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness. They are signs of strength.

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

To live in love is life's greatest challenge. It requires more sublety, flexibility, sensitivity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, knowledge and strength than any other human endeavor.

You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint.

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise.

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.

The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.

Pain cannot be ignored. However, it can be endured. When necessary, a great deal of pain can be endured. Just ask my mother.

America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.