Quotes About Tolerance

Medömkan är som fisar. Man kan stå ut med sin egen men klarar inte av någons annans.

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

ALWAYS BE KIND

A medida que crece nuestra conciencia, a medida que vamos comprendiendo mejor la vida van dejando de importarnos tanto las diferencias exteriores entre unos y otros, vamos siendo cada vez más capaces de ver lo interior, lo que nos une, y así vamos poco a poco aprendiendo el hermoso arte de abrir nuestros corazones

Qué implica esto? Dos notas muy nítidas: baja tolerancia a las frustraciones, es decir, ser un mal perdedor, y tendencia a refugiarse en un mundo fantástico que le aleja de la realidad.

Está claro que en un mundo en crisis de valores como el nuestro todo vale, todo es tolerable, admitimos cualquier cosa, en concreto todo lo referido al pensamiento y las ideas.

Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on.

Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa," intoned Opal, finishing her chant. "Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forebearing.

That better-educated people were no more immune to National Socialism than the less educated calls into question the widely held belief that tolerance and enlightenment are more likely to be found among people who have a higher education. It is the content of socialization that counts, not the degree of sophistication.

one day a disciple came to complain to his teacher. 'Rabbi, some of the congregants are gossiping in the midst of prayer!' " Spira smiled crookedly. "Not such a different world after all, then. And the rabbi's response?" " 'O God,' said the rabbi. 'How wonderful are your people! Even in the midst of gossip, they devote a few moments to prayer!

The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

Since the Pilgrims came to our shores in 1620, religious freedom and religious tolerance have been the single most important principle of American life. This

Art is an institution to which we turn when we want to feel a shock of surprise. We feel this want because we sense that it is good for us once in a while to receive a healthy jolt. Otherwise we would so easily get stuck in a rut and could no longer adapt to the new demands that life is apt to make on us. The biological function of art, in other words, is that of a rehearsal, a training in mental gymnastics which increases our tolerance of the unexpected.

For me, the heart of a humanistic education is the effort to understand what we don't agree with, and yes, understanding makes it harder to sustain a distance from others, even if I continue to disagree.

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.

I shall not quarrel with another man's road to salvation if he will allow me to wander along mine.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others." ~ Erik Erikson

Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite doubt cannot be tolerant but merely indifferent. He is morally defenseless in the face of evil.

A tabby can't change his stripes." Tallpaw sniffed. "Shrewpaw was born with a burr in his fur. I'll just have to put up with it.