Tolerance Quotes

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not.

More and more people care about religious tolerance as fewer and fewer care about religion.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be.

We can practice tolerance while still holding true to cultural values that protect the institution of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.

Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching.

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

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.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.

Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper.