Tolerance Quotes
The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility toward any.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
An intolerant sect has no right to complain when it is denied an equal liberty... A person's right to complain is limited to principles he acknowledges himself.
The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black.
Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.
Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.
I wanted secular, non-Muslim people to stop kidding themselves that Islam is peace and tolerance.
Live through deeds of love, and let others live with tolerance for their unique intentions.
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows.
Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world.
Happiness is life served up with a scoop of acceptance, a topping of tolerance and sprinkles of hope, although chocolate sprinkles also work.
Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.
Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and harder.
The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.
Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.
Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.
For all the injustices in our past and our present, we have to believe that in the free exchange of ideas, justice will prevail over injustice, tolerance over intolerance and progress over reaction.
No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights of every citizen.
Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.
There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires
The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.
The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right, and toleration of movements from the Left.
If you've ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance... you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane.
Neither tolerance nor intolerance is grounded in science and reason, but they are themselves acts of faith grounded in social custom and the politics of expediency and power.
Tolerance is really a better thing than understanding. Because it doesn't agitate against human nature.
A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves.
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony
I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known.
The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next. Mere tolerance has given place to a sentiment of brotherhood between sincere men of all denominations.
Sometimes too much tolerance can kill you. If you are tolerant of people poisoning themselves to death they will drag you down. They will ruin your life by being intentional obstacles to your dreams.
Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.
And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.
We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. . .
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.
Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience toward evil... a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. Tolerance applies only to persons... never to truth.
North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.
Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind
For most of my life I had operated under a simple schematic of winning and losing, but cancer was teaching me a tolerance for ambiguities.
If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.
