Quotes About Tolerance

Atticus je ustao i otišao do kraja trijema. Kad je temeljito pregledao penja?icu, vratio se k meni. Kao prvo, rekao je, uspiješ li nau?iti jedan jednostavan trik, Scout, s mnogim ?eš se ljudima bolje slagati. Ne možeš nekoga shvatiti dok ne razmisliš o stvarima s njegova stajališta... Molim? ... dok se ne uvu?eš u njegovu kožu i ne hodaš u njoj.

Si sólo hay una clase de personas, ¿por qué no pueden tolerarse unas a otras? Si todos son semejantes, ¿cómo salen de su camino para despreciarse unos a otros?...

her ÅŸeyden önce dedi, basit bir s?r öÄŸrenirsen her türlü insanla anlaÅŸman kolayla??r, Scout. Bir insan? anlayabilmek için o insan?n bakt??? aç?dan bakmay? becerebilmesin...

If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?

Kind, du darfst dich nie beleidigt fühlen, wenn jemand dir etwas nachruft, was er als Schimpfnamen betrachtet. Das zeigt nur, was für ein armseliger Mensch der andere ist, es verletzt nicht.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Vor allem, Scout', sagte er, 'musst du einen ganz einfachen Trick lernen, dann wirst du viel besser mit Menschen aller Art auskommen. Man kann einen anderen nur richtig verstehen, wenn man die Dinge von seinem Gesichtspunkt aus beachtet

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

It's hard to explain - ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over and above themselves. It's slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody....baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you.

That's what I thought, too, when I was your age. If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beggining to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all the time. . . it's because he wants to stay inside.

It's not okay to hate anybody

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

But one of the hallmarks of emotional maturity is to recognize the validity of multiple realities and to understand that people think, feel, and react differently. Often we behave as if "closeness" means "sameness.

Differences don't just threaten and divide us. They also inform, enrich, and enliven us.

What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.

I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.

The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want is the kind of strength to be able to absorb that kind of power, to stand up to it. The strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortunes, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings.

You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.

Judging the mistakes of strangers is an easy thing to do - and it feels pretty good.

I may not look it, but I can be a very patient guy. And killing time is one of my specialities.

I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist.

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me.

The book didn't come to any conclusion, and nobody wants to read a book that doesn't have one. For me, though, having no conclusion seemed perfectly fine.