Quotes about Tolerance

People will put up with being terrified but no one will tolerate being bored.

When we see the faults of others, we are to forgive and forbear in humility.

The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.

Few are guided by principle any longer, only by what they prefer. "You have to decide what's right for you," we are told. In such a climate, the only remaining virtue is tolerance, and the only philosophies that are wrong are those that believe in truth.

People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts.

From time to time complaints are made about the ringing of church bells. It seems strange that a generation which tolerates the uproar of the internal combustion engine and the wailing of the jazz band should be so sensitive to the one loud noise that is made to the glory of God. England, alone in the world

Acquaintance softens prejudice.

I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths.

I know it sounds crazy, but as soon as Christians start telling non-Christians how to live their lives, we've lost the Christian faith.

I prefer to heed the wise words of Booker T. Washington: I would permit no man to drag down my soul by making me hate him.

It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.