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Quotes About Tolerance

The maid said no, for she had a sense of the fragility of things, and she felt she was a small plant in a small patch of soil held between the rocks of a dry and windy place, and she was not wanted by the world, and here she was at least known, and she was tolerated, and that was a blessing.
~ Mohsin Hamid
What could not be changed must be borne. And since nothing could be changed, everything had to be borne.
~ Monica Ali
We were forgiving each other for who we were, for how we came into this world, for how we changed or didn't change for each other.
~ Monique Truong
Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice.
~ Montaigne
It is taking one's conjectures rather seriously to roast someone alive for them.
~ Montaigne
Please teach her to understand others' feelings a little! Why should I go on courting her affection if she really cannot bear it?
~ Murasaki Shikibu
It is well to remember that no two human beings ever lived beneath the same roof without dashes of temperament, periods of hurt, and strain.
~ Murphy Joseph
My answer is: Recognize yourself in others
~ Nadine Gordimer
Accept All Humans As Your Equals And Let Them Be our Only Sect
~ Nanak
You must not be hurt by other people's ignorance.
~ Nancy Farmer
Not everybody you disagree with is going to attack you for it.
~ Nancy Rue
I needn't be offended every time I have to look at you
~ Naomi Novik
Surely it's not too much to ask a little patience
~ Naomi Novik
Lad os være skamløse. Grådige. Opsøge fornøjelser. Undgå smerte. Klæde os, spise og drikke, som vi har lyst til. Være tolerante over for andre kvinders valg. Vælge den form for sex, vi har lyst til og kæmpe hårdt mod den form for sex, vi ikke har lyst til. Finde vore egne grunde til at handle, som vi gør.
~ Naomi Wolf
Their aim was to construct engines of history designed to dissolve human culture, closeness and community. United in an alliance of convenience, these forces see human beings and the troublesome individualistic West, with its stubborn insistence on human rights, on joy, on spontaneity, on quirkiness, acceptance, and tolerance, as obstacles to be managed, drained of power and resources, and sidelined.
~ Naomi Wolf
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you;until you have culrivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire; until you have formed the habit of looking for good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy
~ Napoleon Hill
Before passing to the next chapter, kindle anew in your mind the fire of hope, faith, courage, and tolerance. If you have these states of mind, and a working knowledge of the principles described, all else that you need will come to you, when you are READY for it.
~ Napoleon Hill
Tolerance, and an open mind are practical necessities of the dreamer of today. Those who are afraid of new ideas are doomed before they start. Never has there been a time more favorable to pioneers than the present. True, there is no wild and woolly west to be conquered, as in the days of the Covered Wagon; but there is a vast business, financial, and industrial world to be remoulded and redirected along new and better lines.
~ Napoleon Hill
Human rhinoviruses may help train our immune systems not to overreact to minor triggers, instead directing their assaults to real threats. Perhaps we should not think of colds as ancient enemies but as wise old tutors.
~ Carl Zimmer
In this world, we should treat everyone kindly as far as it is possible, that we ourselves may be treated kindly when we need it.
~ Carlo Collodi
Who was I, anyway, to set myself up in judgment of anyone else?
~ Carlos Castaneda
Ljutiš li se na mene, don Huane?, upitah ga kada se vratio. Izgledao je iznena?en mojim pitanjem. Ne! Nikada se ni na koga ne ljutim. Niko na ovom svetu ne može da u?ini ništa toliko zna?ajno da bih se ja naljutio. Ljutiš se na ljude onda kada misliš da su njihovi postupci važni. Ja tako više ne mislim.
~ Carlos Castaneda
Sometimes one forgets that not everyone in this world is a bastard.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
L'esperienza le aveva insegnato che il futuro le avrebbe riservato più tempo di quanto fosse tollerabile per lamentarsi degli errori commessi in passato.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon