Quotes About Tolerance

Religious tolerance is something we should all practice however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.

Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.

Few minded what their fellow citizens got up to as long as they themselves were left in peace.

This escapade taught me a lesson," Nimitz later recalled, "to look with lenient and tolerant eye on first offenders when in later years they appeared before me as a Commanding Officer holding Mast."8

Leadership," said Nimitz, "consists of picking good men and helping them do their best for you. The attributes of loyalty, discipline and devotion to duty on the part of subordinates must be matched by patience, tolerance and understanding on the part of superiors.

Amarte en la diferencia es amarte dos veces

No trates de imponer la autoridad donde sólo se trata de la razón. VOLTAIRE

Si somos absolutamente tolerantes, incluso con los intolerantes, y no defendemos la sociedad tolerante contra sus asaltos, los tolerantes serán aniquilados y junto con ellos la tolerancia.

La mente flexible es responsiva y sensible a otros puntos de vista sin verse necesariamente en la obligación de aceptarlos.

pluralismo (aceptar las diferencias civilizadas y convivir con ellas sin reprimirlas ni ofenderse).

La libertad no vale la pena si no conlleva el derecho a errar. GANDHI

The empathy we have is founded on the fact that God has put this person in my life. In other word, if this is true this allows me to be present to all kinds of people who I do not like.

One of his Prayers of the Faithful was always "for those who are misunderstood.

As we begin to acknowledge our own inner shadow, we become more tolerant of the shadow in others.

Whenever someone does you a wrong or speaks ill of you, remember that he is doing what he thinks is proper. He can't possibly be guided by what appears right to you, but only by what appears right to him. So if he sees things wrongly, he is the one who is hurt, because he is the one who has been deceived. . . . Starting from this reasoning, you will be mild toward whoever insults you. Say each time, "So it seemed to him." Epictetus, Enchiridion

If you can't imagine you could be wrong, what's the point of democracy? And if you can't imagine how or why others think differently, then how could you tolerate democracy?" As

I've always been very concerned with democracy. If you can't imagine you could be wrong, what's the point of democracy? And if you can't imagine how or why others think differently, then how could you tolerate democracy?

A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.

Arguing is really saying, "If you were really more like me, then I could like you better.

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

Polarity damages people. The current atmosphere is saturated with disdain for one another. It's time for a new approach that celebrates our common humanity.

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

No man has a right in America to treat any other man tolerantly, for tolerance is the assumption of superiority.