Quotes About Tolerance

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

If we put ourselves in the place of other people, the jealousy and hatred we so often feel about them would disappear, and if we put others in our place, pride and conceit would greatly diminish.

We can accept the unpleasant more readily than we can the inconsequential.

God save you, my brethren, with all your -isms and schisms! I am a citizen of the world, and a man of Weimer. I have established myself by culture in this choice society; and if anyone knows a better place, let him go to it.

I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me.

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

Life is strong stuff, some of us can bear more of it than others.

It was not facing what life dealt that made you crazy, but rather trying to set life straight where it was unstraightenable.

I've never, ever, raised a fist to anybody in my life.

The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means that each of us is free to go our own way, even if the ways some of us may choose to go seem sinful or shocking to our fellow citizens.

Don't demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.

My life has been devoted to peacemaking.

Tolerated people are never conciliated. They live on, but the aroma of their life is lost.

If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.

to achieve unity without uniformity is the whole essence of the democratic way of life.

it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

Waiting is one of life's hardships.

A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.

Live, let live, and help live

You can walk through life believing in the goodness of the world, or walk through life afraid of anyone who thinks different than you and trying to convert them to your way of thinking.

I just want people to admit that there's no one way to live your life.

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.