Quotes about Tolerance

Listen to his dangerous and inclusionary thinking: "My Father's sun shines on the good and the bad, his rain falls on the just and the unjust" (Matthew 5:45). Or "Don't pull out the weeds or you might pull out the wheat along with it. Let the weeds and the wheat both grow together until the harvest" (Matthew 13:29—30). If I had presented such fuzzy thinking in my moral theology class, I would have gotten an F!

Holier-than-thou people usually end up holier than nobody.

The "adepts" in all religions are always forgiving, compassionate, and radically inclusive. They do not create enemies, and they move beyond the boundaries of their own "starter group" while still honoring them and making use of them.

The second insight about steps and stages is that from your own level of development, you can only stretch yourself to comprehend people just a bit beyond yourself.

A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.

Courtesy is respecting our differences, being considerate of each other's feelings, and being patient with people who irritate us.

The Bible says, "You must make allowance for each other's faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others."14

God expects unity, not uniformity, and we can walk arm-in-arm without seeing eye-to-eye on every issue.

They are your family, even when they don't act like it, and you can't just walk out on them. Instead God tells us, "Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love." 7

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.

To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.

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.