Quotes about Tolerance

We lose the right of complaining sometimes by forbearing it.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you.

Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile.

Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

but let us judge not that we be not judged.

We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like the Pharisees set ourselves up to be better than other people.

The more sects we have the better. They are all getting somebody in (to the Church) that the others could not: and even with the numerous divisions we are all doing tolerably well.

With Malice Towards None

Do good to those who hate you and turn their ill will to friendship.

We must live with our enemies as if they might one day become our friends, and live with our friends as if they might some time or other become our enemies.

We are idiots now, we have been idiots in the past and we will be idiots again in the future - and that is OK.