Quotes About Tolerance

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

The trouble with prejudice is, there's usually a reason for it,' but she now knew better than to say this to Guy.

Lorsque le monde se mettra à jeter des fleurs et non plus des bombes, le combat de l'amour sera gagné.

I feel amazed when I look back on those days and the things that I learned to tolerate. How much my ability to tolerate hurts flung at me has taken out of me!

That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.

Christmas Gift Suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them

The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.

If you speak your mind on the Vatican, on the Catholic Church, on the Pope, on the Virgin Mary or Jesus or the saints, nobody touches your 'right of thought and expression.' But if you do the same with Islam, the Koran, the Prophet Muhammad, some son of Allah, you are called a xenophobic blasphemer who has committed an act of racial discrimination.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

An "open mind" can be an "empty head," and "tolerance" can be indistinguishable from believing nothing. These are no help in finding honest answers to honest and important questions.

There's nothing wrong in being a monster, is there? As long as we can stay alive?

Each individual has his own way of living. Can we not learn to respect one another's chosen way? One makes every effort to live in a dignified and proper manner, without harming anyone else, yet people will carp and cavil and try to tear one down.

Different eye color, hair color—is that enough to arouse this much hostility?

Think about it. We all have our bits of madness. Don't be too harsh about the madness of others.

God or no god, there's no excuse thinking you're better than anyone else, judging others negatively because of your choice of faith.

You've got to be taughtBefore it's too lateBefore you are six, or seven, or eightTo hate all the people your relatives hateYou've got to be carefully taught.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Don't say this is good and that is bad. Drop all discrimination. Accept everything as it is.

The injunction, 'Show tolerance for the sake of God,' means to not hurt any creature while at the same time aiming toward not being hurt by any creature. This is a natural consequence of purity of heart. A poet has aptly expressed this as follows: This is the objective of humans and jinns in the garden of the world, To neither hurt anyone, nor to be hurt by anyone. From another perspective, it means: Abandon the world of causality and be content with the pleasure of the divine will.