Quotes About Tolerance

Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.

Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.

Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty.

I hope I stand for antibigotry, anti-Semitism, antiracism. This is what drives me.

I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.

I hope America does not accept the kind of language that Donald Trump is using to describe our fellow Americans.

I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command me to disappear, and I disappear. You shall not see me if my presence is distasteful to you.

~ Tolerance increases hope between people and their voice of conscience.

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

Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.

We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.

How much more precious is a little humanity than all the rules in the world.

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.

I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is right and wrong, and they lose sight of humanity. Being human has to come first before right or wrong.

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

What better book can there be than the book of humanity.

When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself.

Difference is of the essence of humanity.

We are blind to each other's humanity.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.

The church-bells of innumerable sects are all chime-bells to-day, ringing in sweet accordance throughout many lands, and awaking a great joy in the heart of our common humanity.