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“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 Commonweal “Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with.” —Athenæus (ca. 200), Greek grammarian, rhetorician “It is never too late to give up our prejudices.” —Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), philosopher, writer, naturalist “We need not think alike to love alike.” —Francis David (1510-1579), clergyman “Make hatred hated!” —Anatole France (1844-1924), novelist “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” —Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), satirist, famous quotes “The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” —Ralph W. Stockman “Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.” —Sir Thomas Browne (1605-182), scholar, essayist “Prejudice is the child of ignorance.” —William Hazlitt (1778-1830), essayist, literary critic “Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be better than them.” —Elvis Presley (1935-1977), American musician “Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.” —Rene Dubos “The world is my country, all mankind are my bethren, and to do good is my religion.” —Thomas Paine (1737-1809), scholar, intellectual, writer “Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), philosopher, scientist, author “Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.” —Agnes Repplier (1858-1950), author, social critic “It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.” —Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), philosopher, famous quotes “We can most safely achieve truly universal tolerance when we respect that which is characteristic in the individual and in nations, clinging, though, to the conviction that the truly meritorious is unique by belonging to all of mankind.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), philosopher, scientist, author “They learn tolerance for others' faults through our tolerance of their own.” —Cathy Rindner Tempelsman “The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.” —E. M. Forster (1879-1970), novelist, essayist “A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.” —Carl Jung (1875-1961), psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychology “Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong.” —Sarah Patton Boyle, American civil rights activist “When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.” —Anais Nin (1903-1977), author, diarist “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great. ” —Mark Twain
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