Tolerance Quotes

"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes." "I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you." "I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community." "We build too many walls and not enough bridges." "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" "Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color, or sexual habits, love life and your family" "You can reduce the annoyance of someone’s stupid belief by increasing your understanding of why they believe it." "The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices" "We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams" "I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control." "Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures" "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." "Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population." "If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgement on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different " "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." "We can never judge the lives of others because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path." "Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity." "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong." "Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people."