Tolerance Quotes

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

  John F. Kennedy

  Motivational, Commitment, Brotherhood

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• Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Different, Persons, Neighbour

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

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• Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspiring, Spiritual, Compassion

  "Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama" edited by Margaret Gee, (p. 71), 2001.

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• Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

  Timothy Keller

  People, Belief, Treats

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• Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.

  Bill Maher

  Intolerance, Theocracy, Tolerate

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• There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Friendship, Relationship

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• Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.

  Muhammad Ali

  Lying, Commitment, Generosity

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• If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Relationship, Peace, Money

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, Volume 13”, p.615, Best Books on

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• Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.

  Karl Popper

  Names, Claims, Should

  "The Open Society and Its Enemies". Book by Karl Popper, Volume 1. Notes to Chapter 7, Note 4, 1945.

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• Mutual tolerance is a necessity for all time and for all races.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Race, All Time, Mutual

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

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• The highest result of education is tolerance.

  Helen Keller

  Forgiveness, Education, Teacher

  Helen Keller (2012). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.99, Courier Corporation

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• 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.

  Voltaire

  Forgiveness, Failure, Errors

  Voltaire, André Maurois (1939). “The Living Thoughts of Voltaire”

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• Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Positivity, Intelligent

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.57, Jain Publishing Company

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• Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

  Joshua L. Liebman

  Inspirational, Positive, Acceptance

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• Men are respectable only as they respect.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Respect, Army, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). “Basic Selections from Emerson: Essays, Poems & Apothegms”

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• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Religion and the Pursuit of Truth" by Lowell Lindsay Bennion, p. 52, 1959.

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• Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.

  Malcolm X

  Knowledge, Equality, Thinking

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

  Ralph Washington Sockman

  Life, Courage, Bullying

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• I could say analogously that tolerance is the affable appreciation of qualities, views, and actions of other individuals which are foreign to one`s own habits, beliefs, and tastes. Thus being tolerant does not mean being indifferent towards the actions and feelings of others. Understanding and empathy must also be present.

  Albert Einstein

  Appreciation, Mean, Views

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.89, Princeton University Press

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• Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.

  Miguel de Unamuno

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  Miguel de Unamuno (2015). “Selected Works of Miguel de Unamuno, Volume 3: Our Lord Don Quixote”, p.220, Princeton University Press

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• Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Time, Age, Liberty

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• Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Respect, Understanding, Trying

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• Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.

  Thomas Mann

  Evil, Politics, Crime

  Thomas Mann (1995). “The magic mountain: a novel”, Random House, Inc.

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• Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.

  William Allen White

  Weakness, Should, Tolerate

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• Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

  Jessica Lange

  Life Lesson, Acceptance, Lessons

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