#intolerance

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#assume #boasting #egotism #form #intolerance

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#cause #faith #intolerance #want

Intolerance has been the curse of our country. ↗

— James Larkin

#country #curse #intolerance #our

Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#claiming #does #got #intolerance #truth

Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#both #definition #directed #gays #great

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#admit #any #bow #i #inquiry

Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. ↗

— George Santayana

#egotism #form #intolerance #share

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#days #endeavors #fire #intolerance #modern

Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see -egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be read to fight the enemy you can see. ↗

— Al-Ghazali

#arrogance #cheating #conceit #egoism #gossiping

My statement to Harris that his book contains much to admire is specious hyperbole. In The End of Faith, Harris rails against religious fundamentalism, which seems obvious, as well as against religious moderates, which seems intolerant. ↗

— Nick Flynn

#intolerance #religion #faith