Quotes About Tolerance

At an interreligious conference of Buddhist and Christian monastics held not long ago at a Trappist monastery, a reporter asked the Dalai Lama what he would say to Americans who want to become Buddhists. "Don't bother," he said. "Learn from Buddhism, if that is good for you. But do it as a Christian, a Jew, or whatever you are. And be a good friend to us.

The polarization that characterizes so much of American life is risky business in a church congregation, but especially so in a monastic community. The person you're quick to label and dismiss as a racist, a homophobe, a queer, an anti-Semite, a misogynist, a bigoted conservative or bleeding-heart liberal is also a person you're committed to live, work, pray, and dine with for the rest of your life.

Don't take away another person's process.

Don't get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny.

God wants us to forgive each other, Rick, and help each other be better people. He never wanted us to judge.

In the words of India's President Girl, Mother Teresa was 'among those emancipated souls who have transcended all barriers of race, religion, creed and nation.

All I'm saying is, kindness don't have no boundaries.

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

The art of loving each other well is letting people be where they are and not trying to convince them to be where I am.

He does not see as i have that you have given him your heart, but he is male. We will cut him some slack for that handicap, yes?

Have you ever gotten a bad review, Master Huud?" "Hundreds of them." "Do they hurt?" "Of course. But you get over it. Critics are just people, lad. They're entitled to their opinions. They're not the enemy." "Who is the enemy?" "Censors.

My whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that happiness is ignorance.

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.

I'm not defined by where I came from. I never took part in the rules and hatred that sometimes go along with religion. But if my parents are happy with what they believe, then I'm happy to stay out of their way. We agree to disagree.

Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.

If you can, judge less and observe more.

But they get some comfort out of the made up stories. And if that helps them get along maybe I should not poke fun.

And half the job of finding peace is finding understanding. Don't you believe it to be so?

Only by respecting the other side's work and way of thinking can you open a path for compromise.

people with a low tolerance for risk, whose behavior is guided by fear, have a low propensity for success.

Some folks have their good points but they keep jabbin' you with 'em like they was spurs.

We can practice tolerance while still holding true to cultural values that protect the institution of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.

What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait.

As humanity becomes more numerous and interwoven, living respectfully with diversity is not just an ethical choice, it is a practical imperative. There