Quotes About Tolerance

But why should he be open-minded when he thinks he's right?

When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution.

Do I mind? No! Because that's the way he is. He's a human being! Nose hair and all!

It's quite hard to stay calm and understanding when you see the same faces, the same mistakes made again and again.

Before you judge me, make sure you're perfect.

man kann Menschen nicht dafür bestrafen, dass sie Menschen sind.

People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal.

TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY AND NARROW-MINDEDNESS… BROAD, WHOLESOME, CHARITABLE VIEWS OF MEN AND THINGS CANNOT BE ACQUIRED BY VEGETATING IN ONE LITTLE CORNER OF THE EARTH ALL ONE'S LIFE. —MARK TWAIN

In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all.

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.

In our finest hours, though, the soul of the country manifests itself in an inclination to open our arms rather than to clench our fists;

In our finest hours...the soul of the country manifests itself in an inclination to open our arms rather than to clench our fists; to look out rather than to turn inward; to accept rather than to reject. In so doing, America has grown ever stronger, confident that the choice of light over dark is the means by which we pursue progress.

be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others

We judge others based on our love level. When we are full of love we have no room left for judgment.

Genom att begränsa sin kontext till att bara gälla likasinnade uppnår man normalitet. Det kan vara livsfarligt, men det kan också vara livsnödvändigt. Varje människa har behov av att åtminstone tillfälligtvis få uppleva sig normal.

The desire not to use disparaging terms for other groups can have its comic side, and is often dismissed as a product of 'political correctness'. But the concern behind it is part of the growth of one of our central moral resources.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, not to hate them, but to understand them.

Empathy is an antidote to righteousness, although it's very difficult to empathize across a moral divide.

Empathy is an antidote to righteousness

but they were the only group that frequently ignored their own feelings of disgust and said that an action that bothered them was nonetheless morally permissible. And they were the only group in which a majority (73 percent) were able to tolerate the chicken story.

Nos adaptamos a nuestras nuevas y mejores circunstancias y después bajamos el listón de los niveles de incomodidad y riesgo que consideramos intolerables.

principle of charity, which says that one should interpret other people's statements in their best, most reasonable form, not in the worst or most offensive way possible.

It is religious belongingness that matters for neighborliness, not religious believing.

If there is any one secret of success it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from their angle as well as your own."50 It's such an obvious point, yet few of us apply it in moral and political arguments because our righteous minds so readily shift into combat mode.