Quotes About Tolerance

Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.

Our show was not about who you voted for at all, it's about how you get along with people who don't think like you.

to disagree one doesnt have to be disagreeable

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. —Chinese proverb

being "right" is the easy part. Finding the "rightness" within the opposite point of view is the challenge.

Don't judge people before you know them. Their story might surprise you!

A bedrock principle of religious freedom is that freedom is achieved only if it is achieved for all.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot be abolished, even though it be in itself harmful. How many evils spring from luxury, envy, avarice, drunkenness and the like, yet these are tolerated because they cannot be prevented by legal enactments.

Nu râde, nu jeli, nu urî, ci în?elege!

that he that is strong hates no man, is angry with no man, envies no man, is indignant with no man, despises no man, and least of all things is proud.

No burlarse, no lamentarse, no detestar, sino comprender

Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience. Never corner an opponent, and always assist him to save his face. Put yourself in his shoes—so as to see things through his eyes. Avoid self-righteousness like the devil—nothing so self-blinding.

For there is nothing more intolerable to mankind than suspense; when a thing is once decided, men can but endure whatever out of the catalogue of evils it is their misfortune to undergo.

Keep strong, if possible. In any case, keep cool. Have unlimited patience. Never corner an opponent, and always assist him to save his face. Put yourself in his shoes—so as to see things through his eyes. Avoid self-righteousness like the devil—nothing is so self-blinding.

Tal vez ha sido bueno sufrir tanto, pues eso me hará más comprensiva y tolerante con el resto de la humanidad.

If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.

At the end of the day, we need to realize that segregation is not the human condition at its best. Which isn't to say we need to all be the same. It simply means we need to embrace each other's differences to help tell our stories together.

Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?'

I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.

Reasonable people can have differences.

I think, overwhelmingly, Americans would agree that if you're going to come into our country, you have to accept the fact that people are allowed to practice different faiths and lifestyles, without fear of violence, without fear of being literally oppressed or subjugated. I don't think that's something any reasonable person would disagree with.