Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.
Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.
If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.
Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element of moral systems; it is a very important source of spiritual discipline and a celestial virtue of perfected people.
Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
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.
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.
Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes.
The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions.
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.
Never judge someone By the way he looks Or a book by the way it's covered; For inside those tattered pages, There's a lot to be discovered
Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind.
Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.
We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.
Both tolerance and respect are empty virtues until we actually understand whatever it is we are supposed to be tolerating or respecting.
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