Quotes about Tolerance

The idea that our common humanity mattered more than our differences was stitched into my DNA.

If people can learn to hate they can learn to love.

Making Compassionate Decisions: The Role of Empathy in Decision Making READING TIME: 19 MINUTES "The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in great need of people being able to stand in somebody else's shoes and see the world through their eyes.

We will learn to live together, cooperate with one another, and recognize the dignity of others, or we will perish.

You can't just sashay into the jungle aiming to change it all over to the Christian style, without expecting the jungle to change you right back.

There's people I love. But there's so many other kinds of love, too. And people act so hateful to every kind but their own.

By accepting people you're not condoning their weakness or agreeing with their opinion; you're simply affirming their intrinsic worth.

As clearly and objectively as we think we see things, we begin to realize that others see them differently from their own apparently equally clear and objective point of view. "Where we stand depends on where we sit.

It is much more ennobling to the human spirit to let people judge themselves than to judge them.

Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation.

Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing.

Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.