Quotes About Tolerance

There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed.

When we see the faults of others, we are to forgive and forbear in humility.

The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.

It costs when you live a life of respect, compassion, and sensitivity.

My friend's experience reminded me that the search for a perfect religious community is a futile one. As the Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote in The Seven Storey Mountain, "The first and most elementary test of one's call to the religious life—whether as a Jesuit, Franciscan, Cistercian or Carthusian—is the willingness to accept life in a community in which everybody is more or less imperfect." That holds for any religious organization.

I was friends with all different people and all different groups. And that led me to being friends with a few people who didn't even go to my school. Now I have the most amazing collection of friends of all ethnic backgrounds and upbringing and financial backgrounds.

Few are guided by principle any longer, only by what they prefer. "You have to decide what's right for you," we are told. In such a climate, the only remaining virtue is tolerance, and the only philosophies that are wrong are those that believe in truth.

The odor of bowel wind is known to every human, but the fragrance of book glue has crossed only a fraction of mortal nostrils. And yet it behooves us not to judge the unlettered too harshly. We must stay the impulse to write CHUCKLEHEAD above their doors and carve DOLT upon their tombstones.

Be kind to everyone you meet, because we're all battling something.

Never deprecate another person's sufferings even when imaginary.

The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God.

Es pura arrogancia de nuestra parte tratar de juzgar la conducta de otros pueblos. Debemos adoptar una actitud de tolerancia hacia las prácticas de otras culturas.

Despite his image as a bloody tyrant, Genghis was also forward thinking. His empire had the first international postal system, invented the concept of diplomatic immunity, and even allowed women in its councils. But more importantly, the Mongols were also unprecedented in their religious tolerance.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

You call me a freak. You say that I'm different and that I don't belong. Well okay. I accept that.

Tease hair, not homos!

Forgive us all our trespasses,Little creatures, everywhere!

so, then Lucius DeBeers was vainer than DuClare had given him credit for. "More errors of judgment like this will not be tolerated," he concluded. "From anyone. You realize that?

This seems to be one of the evil quirks of human nature, to condemn others for things you do yourself.

morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable.

And I know I said earlier that he was perfect, but he wasn't perfect, far from it; he could be silly and vain and remote and often cruel and still we loved him, in spite of, because.

That is not the point," he said. "I am an Arab and I resent the racial slurs you make against my people.

As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty—to Russia, for instance.

all his life he had "endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice.