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Quotes About Tolerance

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
~ Ambrose Bierce
The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom.
~ Lee Hsien Loong
The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue.
~ Arnold J. Toynbee
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
~ Matthew Prior
Impatience is a virtue.
~ Ursula Burns
Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?
~ Karen Armstrong
Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent.
~ Krista Tippett
The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.
~ Deirdre O'Kane
At the end of the day, Americans are not so keen on ideologues, people who have such fixed positions that they can't see any virtue in the other side's point of view.
~ Robert Dallek
Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.
~ Ameen Rihani
It is my firm belief that the highest value must be placed on the virtue of each individual, regardless of gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
~ Tennys Sandgren
Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues.
~ Hrithik Roshan
Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.
~ Jenni Rivera
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.
~ Francis John McConnell
Respect all manner of men regardless of their station in life. Compassion is one of the greatest virtues.
~ Anthony Carmona
I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.
~ E. O. Wilson
If, when you charged a person with his faults, you credited him with his virtues too, you would probably like everybody.
~ Lawrence G. Lovasik
I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality.
~ Jermaine Jackson
Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions.
~ Jean-Pierre Raffarin
My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA.
~ Ibrahim Rugova
The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam.
~ Feisal Abdul Rauf
No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.
~ Joe Slovo
And if you can tolerate these deeper feelings long enough to understand them and listen to what they're telling you, you'll not only manage your anger in more productive ways, you also won't be so angry all the time.
~ Lori Gottlieb
Sabe, em relação a esses idiotas, eu tenho uma ideia a respeito. E se as pessoas que estão te deixando louco não estiverem tentando te deixar louco? E se essas pessoas não forem idiotas, mas razoavelmente inteligentes, e só estão fazendo o melhor que podem num determinado dia?
~ Lori Gottlieb