Quotes about Tolerance

We should never judge people without first learning to hear and to respect them.

Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul?

I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.

In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity.

Changing your attitude from self-centerdness to understanding requires desire and commitment to always try to see things from the other persons point of view.

Each of you will begin to be truly human when, in spite of your natural dislike of one another, you still respect one another. That is what it means to be civilized.

He drew a circle that shut me out— Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in! —EDWIN MARKHAM

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.

The best way to get along with people is not to expect them to be like you.

With our own shortcomings, we are in no position to judge anyone else. The best way to forget the faults of others is to remember our own.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous - the finger of righteous indignation pointing at someone who is identified as bad or wrong.