Quotes About Tolerance

Not for the first time, he cringed when he saw his own prejudices manifest in other people.

Are you always up this early?' I asked him. 'Almost always,' he said without looking up. 'It's beautiful here, but morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable.

It's beautiful here, but morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable.

Boris shrugged. "Who cares? If he is good to you? None of us ever find enough kindness in the world, do we?

It's beautiful here, but morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable.

short term boredom and long term pain

Certainly, families like Harriet's (and Hely's) would not tolerate for one moment brick-throwing at children white or black ("or purple," as Edie was fond of piping up in any discussion about skin color). And yet there Harriet was, at the all-white school.

A policy that can be accurately, though perhaps not prudently, defined as one of "peaceful coexistence."

The true mark of greatness is not stridency but magnanimity.

The love of the bible will show itself in a believer's readiness to bear evil as well as to do good. It will make him patient under provocation, forgiving when injured, meek when unjustly attacked, quiet when slandered. It will make him hear much, put up with much and look over much, submit often and deny himself often, all for the sake of peace.

Lord, Give me the strength not to bitch slap this woman.

If a man is straight, there is no reason for him to feel threatened by a gay man.

I want to find a way of speaking to fellow human beings that will be cool rather than heated, philosophical rather than polemical, that will bring enlightenment rather than seeking to divide us into the righteous and the sinners, the saved and the damned, the sheep and the goats.

Traditionally, tolerance of other viewpoints meant that even though I think those viewpoints are dead wrong and will argue against them fervently, nevertheless, I will defend your right to argue your own case. Just as importantly, I will treat you with respect as an image bearer of God, even though your views are abhorrent to me.

3. Love and fault-finding never go together. The more you love, the less you judge.

If I could wish for anything else, it would be a little more moderation, a little more tolerance, and a little more of the trustful innocence of that boy who learned his prayers at the knee of the gentle, kindly old priest at the Sisters' Convent school.

Why am I helping to force other people to live in a way I couldn't stand to live?" The Mage didn't answer, seeming to be sunk in thought, but she didn't know what the answer was, either, and was horrified at having said such a thing.

Do not hate," her father spoke firmly. "I have told you. Hate no one, hate nothing. Oppose those who do wrong, but do not hate.

You could try being funny more often," she added, releasing her grip on his shirt. "If you do, I think I might someday be able to tolerate you, if I don't kill you first." Jason grinned. "That's the nicest thing any girl ever said to me.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Mark Twain

Successful people speak words of inclusion rather than words of separation, words of acceptance rather than words of rejection, and words of tolerance rather than words of prejudice.

compassion is the key no matter what the line of work you are in.

Volenti non fit injuria. To a willing person, no injury is done.

When the men and women on both sides love their children more than they hate their enemies, then maybe this can stop.