Quotes About Tolerance

There are many things in the life of a Sufi, but the greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it, this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.

The spark that one finds for a moment and that becomes dim does not belong to heaven, for in heaven all things are lasting; it must belong to some other place. Love has become a word from the dictionary, a word that is used a thousand times a day, which means nothing. To the one who knows what it means, love means patience, love means endurance, love means tolerance, love means sacrifice, love means service.

Humor is the mechanism by which we sort out the gray area of what can and can't be said. A humorless society, community, or group of friends likely has large problemas lurking just beneath the surface.

All paths lead to God, and it doesn't matter if you call him Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, or even if you believe that he is a she.

Let's hope that very soon it won't matter whether we're red, black, tan, yellow, white…male or female. Or whether we believe in the White Buffalo Woman, the teachings of Buddha, Allah or God.

A man's religious choice didn't matter in the least if it was his path to decency and remembering his fellow man.

Before you judge another remind yourself you don't know their life history to understand why they behave as they do!

Wider ranges of normal make the world a better place for everyone.

You have to help him see that if he's disappearing from the world, that's too high a price to pay for fitting in. He has to see how 'You shouldn't push even though you want to' isn't the same as 'You shouldn't wear a dress even though you want to.

Head colds should be tolerated. Children should be celebrated.

You're too old to be open-minded and tolerant," said Rosie. "I'm too old not to be.

Do you realize, Rosie said to her mother, that I'm the one who's suppose to be calming you down about all of this. Not the other way around? I'm the one who's suppose to be talking you off the ledge. You're suppose to be panicking and dragging him off to church or something. So few Jews at church these days, said Carmelo. You're to old to be open-minded and tolerant, said Rosie. I'm too old not to be. She sucked coolly on her cigarette again, then waved at Rosie to punctuate her point.

You wouldn't be weird. You would be you in a dress. Smart, sweet, kind, funny you in a dress. It would be okay.

The second gift––patience––helps us deal with not knowing how long this is going to last.

Empathy connects us to another person's experience without judgment.

Ma'alesh; no matter; never mind; what can you do but accept things as they are? Ma'alesh, your pot overturned in the fire; ma'alesh, your prize mare died; ma'alesh, you lost all your possessions and half your family. The word was the everyday essence of Islam - which itself, after all, means "submission.

If you don't like it, alter it, and if you can't alter it, put up with it.

No form of love is wrong, so long as it is love.

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.

You must protect people who have no social clout because the health of a congregation is measured by its ability to tolerate dweebs.

It's a cat, but not racist.

If we love a person, we love him, and whatever he may do will not affect our love. It may cause us pain if he does evil, because we love him; it may cause us sorrow and suffering; but it cannot affect our love.