Quotes About Tolerance

We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinions because we very often differ from ourselves.

If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies

La sciagurata ha troppi difetti di suo per tollerarne di simili in chiunque altro.

She hadn't been taught to have prejudices, so she didn't.

My ex—who was an academic—and I used to argue about the best way to broil a salmon. Neither of us was grateful for the gift that someone else might cook it, albeit slightly incorrectly. It was a horrible way to live.

understanding can only come from a recognition of each other's history.

This is America. We're supposed to be free to be Jewish here, to live in peace and not be afraid. George Washington literally said so in that letter he wrote to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. (163)

Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.

Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.

If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.

Love is an excuse to put up with shit that you shouldn't

I think she loves him, Lissa said. And love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. Love is an excuse to put up with shit that you shouldn't, I replied

So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad.

I think she loves him, Lia said. And love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you Love is an excuse to put up with shit that you shouldn't,I replied.

Aceptar todo lo bueno y lo malo de alguien. Es algo muy bueno a lo cual aspirar. La parte difícil es en verdad hacerlo.

I can still see Boo sitting there on the floor, cross-legged, holding my Ken and watching my face as she tried to make me see that between my mother'sPTA and Boo's strange ways there was a middle ground that began here with my Barbie, Sab-rina,and led right to me. She can be anything, Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. And so can you.

El amor es aguantar malas cualidades de alguien, por que de alguna manera, te completa. -Lissa

the love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot, Remy.

But sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something. You know?

You've got to let people be just, you know, people. Everyone does bad things sometimes, for all sorts of reasons. You've got to at least understand.

Freedom of expression truly exists only when a society's most repugnant nitwits are allowed to spew their nonsense in public.

Devoted to principles of liberty, equality, and religious tolerance -- which, dear internet, is not necessarily the same thing as satanism -- Masonic lodge became the de facto clubhouses of the Age of Reason.

Washington wrote. "For, happily, the Government of the United States . . . gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.