Quotes About Tolerance

To recognize what is absurd and to accept it need not dim the eye for the tragic side of existence; quite on the contrary, in the end it may perhaps help in gaining a more tolerant view of the world.

Just assume the answer to every question is compassion.

Love is the most complex of all human phenomena. It exists on a spectrum from tolerance and kindness to romantic love and self-sacrifice, reaching its pinnacle in altruism, a love that needs nothing in return.

Ever since the Enlightenment era in the 17th and 18th Centuries—which, among other things, gave birth to the U.S. Constitution and the de facto motto E Pluribus Unum (out of the many, one)—interfaith tolerance has been sown into the fabric of Western society. The rules of one religion are not made into law for all citizens because of a simple social agreement. For you to believe what you want, you must allow me to do the same, even if we disagree.

I will not like everyone, not everyone will like me, and that is OK.

Nicotine is a fast acting drug with short lived effects, which you can assume by the fact that you need to smoke often.

History has taught us that when understanding and tolerance are fostered, people of different faiths can live together in harmony. Regrettably, history has also taught us the opposite, that such states of equilibrium can quickly degenerate and succumb to rhetoric of anger and fear, sometimes leading to violence and even war. A balance of mutual respect and tolerance needs to be maintained through good works. Interrelations need continual nurturing.

Saying, "I don't agree with you," or going so far as to say, "I think your belief structure is childish," does not amount to persecution. Insensitivity is not the same as harassment or oppression.

Stop wishing that other people would act differently, either accept them for who they are or stop being around them.

Moral growth corresponds with people's ability to see the world from an ever-increasing number of perspectives and act accordingly.

car l'éclat de quelques heures de bonheur suffit parfois à rendre tolérables des disillusions et des saloperies que la vie ne manque pas de nous envoyer

Perdonaré que fallen, pero no que no se esfuercen.

What sort of ideas, I wondered, might help to give meaning to life when one is in the midst of fundamentalist persons of all kinds who believe that they have a monopoly on truth and some are even willing to kill to prove that?

ahimsa paramo dharma', 'non-violence is the highest dharma'.59

He who regards all men as equals is religious.

Genuine and lasting strength consists in bearing things.

A Jesuit and a Franciscan are walking through a garden, silently engaged in prayer, when the Jesuit pulls out and lights up a big cigar. The Franciscan whispers, "My spiritual director says one should not smoke while one prays." The Jesuit replies, "Mine said it's all right if I pray while I smoke.")

And I certainly wouldn't demonize an entire people on the basis of 3 blurry photos and a few paintings

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.

a thing isn't much good if it can't stand being made fun of.

He preacheth patience that never knew pain.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.