Quotes About Tolerance

If India is not secular, then India is not India at all.

I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen.

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.

I believe that nothing should be taboo - no theory or prejudice should close one's mind to a discovery.

I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world.

My years as a therapist working with abuse and neglect families taught me at least one important lesson for my own life. Never judge until you can see through the eyes of that person you are judging, and then... never judge.

I consider all drama to be the opportunity to see the world from another person's point of view. That seems to be the point of drama, really. And thereby to encourage understanding and even love.

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to private schools, you know, encountered different people who think that it's OK to make comments, insensitive comments about your race because they're joking. And think that if they're joking and they say it, you know, good-naturedly, that things will fly.

I don't argue with people... if they say I'm not funny, they're right, for them.

I don't want to get into it, but if you know someone, it doesn't mean you agree with everything they say or they do.

Having a thick skin doesn't mean that you're hard or harsh. I was lucky because I was born with a thick skin. That doesn't mean that things don't bother me, but you have to keep it in perspective.

I've learnt that you need to have a thick skin, lots of patience and be consistently good.

I have been on the Internet for a long time and have always gotten hate on the Internet, so there is a thick skin I have developed.

Some are short, others are tall, others are thin, others are stocky. But we are all human beings. Can we not live together and happily within one border?

When you start to think of revenge, you start to think of hate. I don't believe in hating people. It's a retrogressive thing.

I have learnt one thing in life: that if you love someone, you have to accept that person with his/her flaws.

Once you're looking for wisdom, you have to look at why things happen and why people behave how they do: you cannot, in all conscience, accept any form of prejudice.

I'm from L.A. I've seen a lot worse things happen than a guy taking some glasses.

For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.

I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like.

I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.

I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.