Quotes about Tolerance

Most talk of a catholic spirit but it is only till they have been brought into the pale of their own church. This is downright sectarianism, not Catholicism. How can I act consistently, unless I receive and love all the children of God, whom I esteem to be such, of whatever denomination they may be?

It is often better not to see an insult, than to avenge it.

Patient endurance attends to all things.

An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure.

A Liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.

Involuntary organizations ought to be tolerant, but voluntary organizations, so far as the fundamental purpose of their existence is concerned, must be intolerant or else cease to exist.

We should always aim to read something different=not only the writers with whom we agree, but those with whom we are ready to do battle. Their point of view challenges us to examine the truth and to test their views...and let us not comment on nor criticize writers of whom we have heard only second-hand, or third-hand without troubling to read their works for ourselves...Don't be afraid of new ideas.

To try to preemptively shut down debate with name-calling is profoundly un-American and will harm this country.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.