Quotes about Tolerance

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.

One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith.

You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith.

When you judge another person you do not define them. You merely define yourself as someone who needs to judge.

Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgement.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.

I'd long since learned that no difference in viewpoint should ever be allowed to cause the least break in love. Indeed, it cannot, if it's real love. ...But relationships can be kept intact without compromising one's own beliefs. And if we do not keep them intact, but give up and allow the chasm, we're breaking the second greatest commandment.

All of which is only to explain how I came by a piece of equipment that most writers have to acquire one way or another: an unusual tolerance, even a preference, for instability. Not that they don't suffer from being unsure of next year's plans or this month's rent. They do. But, unlike many people, they can live with it.

Learning to accept and even love difference, as she pointed out, is important for the future of the human race. There is great comfort in realizing that differences within a family have an important purpose.

Love is the only force that can erase the differences between people or bridge the chasms of bitterness.