23 quotes about Tolerance

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

— Burke, Edmund

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

— Burke, Edmund

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

— Colby, Frank Moore

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.

— Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

— Colton, Charles Caleb

Travel teaches tolerance.

— Disraeli, Benjamin

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

— Forster, Edward M.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.

— Gandhi, Mahatma

Tolerance it a tremendous virtue, but the immediate neighbors of tolerance are apathy and weakness.

— Goldsmith, Sir James

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

— Harris, Sidney J.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

— Keller, Helen

The highest result of education is tolerance.

— Keller, Helen

Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.

— Kempis, Thomas

People are very open-minded about new things. As long as they are exactly like the old ones.

— Kettering, Charles F.

To tolerant everything is too teach nothing.

— Kinsman, F. J.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

— Leopardi, Giacomo

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.

— Maugham, W. Somerset

For this is one of the ancientest laws among them; that no man shall be blamed for reasoning in the maintenance of his own religion.

— More, Thomas

You tolerate me, you really tolerate me. [Accepting his Independent Spirit Award]

— Penn, Sean

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

— Samuel, Herbert

Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.

— Seneca

When tolerance is not afforded to those so well-deserved, it speaks ill of the one who feels he cannot afford to give it.

— Unknown, Source

Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.

— White, William Allen