#tolerance

Ah, well..." I started to say, and then stopped. So that was where he was going; I'd heard it before. Richard had told me that I'd not been standing in my mother's shoes in 1942, when I was born; he'd said I couldn't, or shouldn't, judge her. It was my not forgiving her that irked him-it was my intolerance of her intolerance that bugged him. ↗

— John Irving

#forgiveness

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#religious-freedom #tolerance #unity #freedom

..each bloodletting hastens the next, and as the value of human life is degraded and violence becomes tolerated, the unimaginable becomes more conceivable. ↗

— Bill Clinton

#genocide #human-life #rwanda #sanctity-of-life #tolerance

Ty swung around. He was obviously fed up with Ben's negative attitude. ↗

— Lauren Brooke

#horses #tolerance #attitude

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#truth #respect

Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all. ↗

— Ray Davis

#tolerance #respect

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#tolerance #respect

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#tolerance #crime

If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others. ↗

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

#tolerance #religion

Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America! ↗

— Richard Trumka

#america #american #american values #another #barack