Quotes about Tolerance

There should be reluctance to make a national policy so inflexible that it fails to take into account the country's diversity.

With Senna, I am not incompatible; I am not incompatible with anyone.

I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . .

The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it. Between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past. Between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.

True friends love one another, even though we're all a little quirky. We

I don't think we need to agree with anyone in order to love the person. The command for Christians to love the other person, to be benevolent and beneficent toward them, is independent of what the other believes.

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths.

Religion is one tree with many branches. As branches, you may say, religions are many, but as a tree, religion is only one.

Truth cannot be sacrificed at the altar of pretended tolerance. Real tolerance is deference to all ideas, not indifference to the truth.

Love the truth. Let others have their truth, and the truth will prevail.

Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.