Quotes about Tolerance
It takes no grace to relate to someone who looks, thinks, and acts just like me.
— Philip Yancey
The issue is not whether I agree with someone but rather how I treat someone with whom I profoundly disagree.
— Philip Yancey
Democracy requires us to recognize others' rights even when we fundamentally disagree with them.
— Philip Yancey
In his list of fruits of the Spirit, Paul includes one that we translate with the archaic word "long-suffering." We would do well to revive that word, and concept, in its most literal form to apply to the problem of long-term pain.
— Philip Yancey
It makes a huge difference whether I treat a nonbeliever as someone who is wrong rather than as someone who is on the way but lost.
— Philip Yancey
Sometimes you just have to extend a little grace to people. Not because they deserve it - but because we don't deserve it either.
— Denise Hunter
There is a certain kind of dignity we admire, and to which we aspire, in the person who refuses to meet anger with anger, violence with violence, or hatred with hatred.
— Desmond Tutu
We are always at our best when compassion enables us to recognize the unique pressures and singular stories of the people on the other side of our conflicts.
— Desmond Tutu
Cultivate your forgiveness with your friends, with your family, with strangers, and with yourself. Remind yourself that every person you encounter carries a sorrow and a struggle. Recognize that we all share a fundamental humanity.
— Desmond Tutu
The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero.
— Desmond Tutu
People are not born hating each other and wishing to cause harm. It is a learned condition.
— Desmond Tutu
The person who is impatient with weakness will be ineffective in his leadership.
— J. Oswald Sanders