Tolerance
A difference of opinion alienates only little minds.
Proverb
*I have seen gross intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
*In the world it is called tolerance, but in hell it is called despair . . . the sin that believes in nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others.
François Fénelon (1651–1715)
Love thy neighbor, even when he plays the trombone.
Jewish Proverb
O God, help us not to despise or oppose what we do not understand.
William Penn (1644–1718)
To understand all makes one tolerant.
Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël (1766–1817)
Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.
John Cogley (1916–1976)
Tolerance is a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.
Sir James Goldsmith (1933– )
*Tolerance is another word for indifference.
William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)