Quotes about Tolerance

Compassion is the key no matter what the line of work you are in.

Only as men succeed in seeing no evil in others will they become free from sin, and sorrow, and suffering.

The prophet Habakkuk lived in a time that was much like ours. He, too, asked Hashem, 'Why do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?' And you know Hashem's reply as well as I do: 'The righteous shall live by his faith.

But it is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.

But we can't enable bad behavior in ourselves and others and call it love. We can't tolerate destructive patterns and call it love. And we can't pride ourselves on being loyal and longsuffering in our relationships when it's really perpetuating violations of what God says love is.

A note from Jim on goodbyes: There's a big difference between waiting for a breaking point and establishing a breaking point. A goodbye shouldn't sneak up on us because if we set boundaries with consequences, breaking points are established ahead of time. As boundary violations occur there will be changes in the relationship so that you can protect yourself from hurtful patterns and behaviors that you are no longer willing to tolerate.

Let your gentleness be evident to all" (Philippians 4:5).

The cry used to be for 'tolerance,' by which we meant, 'We have very strong differences, but we will not let those be the cause of hatred or violence between us. Now it is something else, where all convictions are softened to second or third place while we all agree to enjoy the world as much as we can. But truth is not like conviction. Conviction might be a matter of personal opinion, but truth is like a great mountain, solid and immovable whether we like it or even acknowledge it.

The spirit of our day is a soft acceptance of everything—except deep conviction in anything.

War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.

It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love

It doesn't matter who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it only matters that you love!