Tolerance Quotes And Sayings

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“The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.”
– Morris Dees

“We must not only control the weapons that can kill us, we must bridge the great disparities of wealth and opportunity among the peoples of the world, the vast majority of whom live in poverty without hope, opportunity or choices in life. These conditions are a breeding ground for division that can cause a desperate people to resort to nuclear weapons as a last resort. Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.”
– Muhammad Ali

“Don’t fret, boy. I’m not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no matter where they’re from, have been trying to understand this world of ours.”
– Nahoko Uehashi

“I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.”
– Paul McCartney

“In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else’s path is wrong.”
– Paulo Coelho

“The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.”
– Philip Gilbert Hamerton

“It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.”
– Pierre Bayle

“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.”
– Ralph W. Sockman

“Men are respectable only as they respect.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Tolerance only for those who agree with you is no tolerance at all.”
– Ray Davis

“Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.”
– René Dubos

“Be nice. And if you can’t do that, just don’t be mean.”
– Richelle E. Goodrich

“I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.”
– Rigoberta Menchú

“Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples.”
– Rigoberta Menchú

“We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.”
– Rigoberta Menchú

“The human family is very diverse, with many different beliefs and cultures and ways of life. Many conflicts in our world are caused when people are intolerant of the ways that others see the world. Learning tolerance is an important cornerstone to creating a better world. ”
– Robert Alan Silverstein

“Ultimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.”
– Robert F. Kennedy

“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”
– Robert Green Ingersoll

“It is particularly recommended, as a means of uniting the inhabitants of the village into one family, that while each faithfully adheres to the principles which he most approves, at the same time all shall think charitably of their neighbours respecting their religious opinions, and not presumptuously suppose that theirs alone are right.”
– Robert Owen

“All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.”
– Roger Ebert

“Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged.”
– Rumi

“If we are open and we prepare for promoting dialogue and love, and a better understanding of each other, and tolerance and so forth, that’s what the world will become, a more tolerant, loving place.”
– Russell Simmons

“The world will become what we envision it to be. And if we are fearful, and we think we should tense up and prepare for an ongoing battle, then that’s what we’ll have. But if we are open and we prepare for promoting dialogue and love, and a better understanding of each other, and tolerance and so forth, that’s what the world will become, a more tolerant, loving place. So each individual that stands up is a part of a bigger prayer.”
– Russell Simmons

“The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people.”
– Russell Simmons

“Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It’s a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.”
– Sarah Dessen

“Live and let live.”
– Scottish Proverb

“Respect—not tolerance—must be our goal if we would diminish prejudice in our time.”
– Selma G. Hirsch

“Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries.”
– Shannon L. Alder

“Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.”
– Sidney J. Harris

“I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.”
– Stephen Fry

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