Tolerance - Quotes

In a republic, to be successful we must learn to combine intensity of conviction with a broad tolerance of difference of conviction. Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to be stunted, if there is to be room for healthy growth. Bitter internecine hatreds, based on such differences, are signs, not of earnestness of belief, but of that fanaticism which, whether religious or anti-religious, democratic or anti-democratic, is itself but a manifestation of the gloomy bigotry which has been the chief factor in the downfall of so many, many nations. - Theodore Roosevelt

In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher. - Dalai Lama

It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated. - Norman MacDonald

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision. - George Eliot

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. - Thomas Mann

Tolerance is a sign of wisdom and care. - Unknown

Tolerance is another word for indifference. - William Somerset Maugham

Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life. - Wilbert E. Scheer

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization. - Arthur Helps