Quotes on Tolerance

Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance.

No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.

God made so many different kinds of people; why would God allow only one way to worship?

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.

Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.

If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.

As with all great teachers, his curriculum was an insignificant part of what he communicated. From him you didn't learn a subject, but a life...Tolerance and justice, fearlessness and pride, reverence and pity, are learned in a course on long division if the teacher has those qualities.

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.

All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.

People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.

Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.