Quotes about Tolerance

Every person has to be respected.

At the end of the day, we can talk about anything but we have to be respectful.

I try to be respectful.

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.

By failing to let others be themselves before God and move at their own pace, we inevitably project onto them our own discomfort with their choice to live life differently than we do.

Be willing to tolerate the discomfort necessary for growth.

I may not agree with you or you with me. Yet I can remain in relationship with you. I don't have to detach from you, reject you, avoid you, or criticize you to validate myself. I can be myself apart from you.

Kindness is wisdom.

Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

When our neighbor's personality possesses harsh qualities, we show our love by not voluntarily provoking those qualities in any way. Past experience shows us what upsets a person, so in their presence we are careful not to do or say those things that cause anger. We are self-effacing.

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.