Quotes About Tolerance

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.

That just goes to show, remarked Pearlie, that you must never judge a woman in a kimono or a bathing suit.

Think of the rotten time Alice would have had in Wonderland if she hadn't been broad-minded. Take it as it comes.

Let us forget such words, and all they mean, as Hatred, Bitterness and Rancor, Greed, Intolerance, Bigotry. Let us renew our faith and pledge to Man, his right to be Himself, and free.

In demonstrating that humans behave with justice, tolerance, reason, love toward other forms of life, we are doing no more than demanding that humans be human -- that is, be true to the best aspects of human nature. Humans being human, therefore, cannot consider themselves morally superior to, say, bears being bear-like, eagles being eagle-like, etc.

Civilization is tolerance, detachment and humor, or passion, anger, revenge; culture is the entrance examination, the gas chamber, the doctoral dissertation and the electric chair;

Being different is ... interesting; there's nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme ... well, then, reality tends to fade away.

Opinion was to be free as air; and in order to make it so, it was necessary to exterminate all those whose opinions were not the same as Mons. Jean Nicot's.

Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.

We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them.

Kindness is the greatest wisdom.

Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.

My husband is a human pincushion.

If only closed minds came with closed mouths.

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

O believers, let not any people scoff at another people who may be better than they;… And find not fault with one another, neither revile one another.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you [Matthew 7:1-2]

You live and let live. And eventually, that becomes enough.

Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.

A melhor maneira de lidar com os outros é tomá-los por aquilo que eles acham que são e deixá-los em paz.

I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.