Quotes About Tolerance

Hooray for differences! Without them, there would be no harmony. In principles, great clarity. In practices, great charity.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow.

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool

Living with a couple of Scots hasn't been easy, you know. Graham and Angus have made me realize that the old saw is true—it's necessary to either kill a Scot or agree with him, you have no other choice.

Death is tolerable only when it leads again to life.

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.

Fortunately, in real life, we are not in danger of these bizarre extremes unless we consciously work our way into them. I can see no situation in which I will be presented with a Draconic choice between reading books and watching movies; or between English and Igbo. For me, no either/or; I insist on both. Which, you might say, makes my life rather difficult and even a little untidy. But I prefer it that way.

Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.

There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.

The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.

Love sticks around even when it has a lot to put up with.

At what point does forbearance cease to be a virtue and become a weakness?)

Distance is a great promoter of harmony

be polite and respectful to all and don't take sides.

A disciple must learn to be patient, to understand, to be tolerant, to be compassionate, to internally forgive and to bless. Although the disciple has internally forgiven the offending person(s), it is still necessary, in some instances, to take actions that may be, to a certain extent severe, in order for the person to learn his lesson and not commit the same serious mistake again. It is also necessary to protect possible future victims.

He liked to think that he tolerated more strangeness than most people, because he knew from experience that life was generally much stranger than most folks could imagine.

It was said that a person was only as big as the smallest thing that annoyed them...

There's eight million people here pretending the others aren't getting on their nerves. I believe it's called civilization.

Don't you think we shall all be kinder to one another? I hope one's class will matter less and one's convictions more. I hope we might be more inclined to pardon one another for our errors with both.

Let them say whatever gives them comfort.

Sometimes I wish I could have religion their way. You know, no responsibilities in life but to cut down people who don't think the way you do.

If someone's different from you and it scares you or makes you mad, that's God telling you to take a closer look. If you're scared or mad, that's about you, not about the person who scares you or angers you.