(508 quotes found)
“In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know 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
“When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee”
Helen Hayes
“Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred”
Jacques Barzun
“Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.”
William Allen White
“No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.”
Thomas Carlyle
“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.”
Coretta Scott King
“Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate”
William James
“Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life but is life itself.”
John Dewey
“No man is to lower himself by showing tolerance towards any sort of heretic, least of all a Calvinist”
Cardinal Caraffa