Quotes About Tolerance

get the other person's point of view and see things from his or her angle, as well as from our own.

Rule 1 is: Don't, don't nag!!!

One of his favourite quotations was 'Judge not, that ye be not judged.

I am going to meet people today who talk too much—people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I couldn't imagine a world without such people.

Trate honradamente de ver las cosas desde el punto de vista de la otra persona.

Arguing with another person will rarely get you anywhere;

Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance, and kindness. "To know all is to forgive all." As Dr. Johnson said: "God himself, sir, does not propose to judge man until the end of his days." Why should you and I?

Demuestre respeto por las opiniones ajenas. Jamás diga a una persona que está equivocada.

Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, 'You're wrong.

El protestador crónico, aun el crítico más violento, se suavizará y apaciguará frecuentemente en presencia de un oyente que muestre paciencia y simpatía:

Tolerance is not indifference, but a generous regard and even provision for those who differ from us on points we deeply care about.

Sometimes, all you have to do is shift your perspective to see someone else's truth.

Misunderstanding a culture's symbols is a common root of predujice.

this museum must celebrate the OTHER lesson history has taught us - that tyranny and oppression are no match for compassion...that the fanatical shouts of the bullies of the world are invariably silenced by the unified voices of decency that rise up to meet them. It is THESE voices - these choirs of empathy, tolerance and compassion - that I pray one day will sing from this mountaintop.

Compassion is a universal language. - Robert Langdon

Langdon glanced over at Brüder and Sinskey, who had been staring upward and who now lowered their eyes to earth. "Jesus," Brüder said. "Yes!" Mirsat said excitedly. "And Allah and Muhammad, too!

Most importantly," he said, "this museum must celebrate the other lesson history has taught us—that tyranny and oppression are no match for compassion…that the fanatical shouts of the bullies of the world are invariably silenced by the unified voices of decency that rise up to meet them. It is these voices—these choirs of empathy, tolerance, and compassion—that I pray one day will sing from this mountaintop.

William Blake himself had written a similarly themed work titled All Religions Are One.

that tyranny and oppression are no match for compassion…that the fanatical shouts of the bullies of the world are invariably silenced by the unified voices of decency that rise up to meet them. It is these voices—these choirs of empathy, tolerance, and compassion—that I pray one day will sing from this mountaintop.

No more unnerving than Christians praying at the feet of a man nailed to a cross, or Hindus chanting in front of a four-armed elephant named Ganesh. Misunderstanding a culture's symbols is a common root of prejudice.

the devout can always benefit from listening to nonbelievers. It is in hearing the voice of the devil that we can better appreciate the voice of God.

In this age when different cultures are killing each other over whose definition of God is better, one could say the Masonic tradition of tolerance and open-mindedness is commendable.

Since the beginning of religious history, our species has been caught in a never-ending cross fire –atheists, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, the faithful of all religions– and the only thing that unites us all is our deep longing for peace.

tyranny and oppression are no match for compassion…that the fanatical shouts of the bullies of the world are invariably silenced by the unified voices of decency that rise up to meet them. It is these voices—these choirs of empathy, tolerance, and compassion—that I pray one day will sing from this mountaintop.