Quotes About Tolerance

Be to her virtues very kind. Be to her faults a little blind.

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

It is the only thing we can do. … Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember that every atom of hate added to this world makes it still more inhospitable. — ETTY HILLESUM29

As the Dalai Lama explains: "Patience safeguards our peace of mind in the face of adversity. . .

I hate your infernal croaking, but, if you're bound to talk, I suppose that I got to listen. Blaze away and finish up.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Tolerate the dull: they too have their story

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

The French were more tolerant of brothels than any other nation in Europe, though there was some dispute about whether this reflected enlightenment or depravity.

Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts.

You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.

That in East Prussia Frederick William I tolerated the Mennonites as indispensable to industry

The moral dilemma is to make peace with the unacceptable

Dobar ?ovjek vidi dobrotu u svakome, a loš vidi u svemu zlo. Nemoj svoj duševni mir narušavati tako što ?eš razmišljati o nedostacima drugih. Ako te neko povrijedi, prije?i preko toga. I budi kao Ruža koja daje miris svima, a ne samo dobrima, ili Drvo koje daje hlad i onome koji želi da ga sasije?e.

Šta bi prvo savjetovao ?ovjeku kome želiš dobro? - Da se svojim mišljenjem ne izdvaja me?u ljudima s kojima živi. (...) Drugi moj savjet ?ovjeku kome želim dobro bio bi: ne govori uvijek ono što misliš.

Dobar ?ovek vidi dobrotu u svakome, a loš vidi u svemu zlo. Nemoj svoj duševni mir narušavati tako što ?es razmišljati o nedostacima drugih. Ako te neko povredi, pre?i preko toga. I budi kao Ruža koja daje miris svima, a ne samo dobrima, ili Drvo koje daje hlad i onome koji želi da ga sase?e." ? Meša Selimovi?

Ljudi ne vole zlo, pa ipak ga podnose. Kad bi zlo i surovost bili dovoljno pametni da znaju granicu do koje smiju da se name?u, da ne izazivaju ogor?enje, dugo bi trajali. Ružna je to misao, ali izgleda da je ta?na, ljudi se teško pokre?u dok mogu da žive podnošljivo, tek kad im postane suviše teško, kad po?nu da tonu, po?inju da misle i da se otimaju.

Uvijek ima vremena za ono sto je neprijatno.

i shvatio sam kako ?ovjek može lako da posegne za gruboš?u ako nije dorastao nekome.

I must have no pride whatsoever that I put up with your coldness

But of course people were different, she remembered; they were allowed to be different.

Just remember, my dear, not to judge so harshly. There are two sides to every story.

It is unbelievable the amount of hate the human body can sustain before it begins to break.

It is unbearable—and yet I bear it.