Viktor E. Frankl Quotes

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

I don't expect for people to like the same things, so I don't feel a need to force people to understand who we are.

Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.

Gene Roddenberry's thing always was, we should not pass judgment on anything that anyone else believes in or what they do in their lives.

The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.

I have a reputation worldwide of being tolerant of all people and their views. I'm too well-educated to criticize a certain religion or group of people for what they believe in. It's called freedom.

Toleration is the best religion.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

We have taken the idea of tolerance so far that we have to put up with intolerance.

Tolerance is common sense in a pluralistic society.

I will not speak of tolerance. The freedom of conscience is a right so sacred that even the name of "tolerance" involves a species of tyranny.

That's the beauty of democracy — you believe what you believe, I believe what I believe, and as long as we're not hurting each other, that's fine. Placing a value judgment on a person's beliefs has no place in a democracy.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

Democracy depends on the idea that we hold each others’ right to express ourselves and be heard above our own desire to always get the outcomes we want. You can’t impose tolerance top-down.

I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.

Those who know my stance on Israeli democracy also know that there is nothing more foreign to me than the rejection of a position different to my own.

I have no problem with someone who disagrees with my life. That's your right to feel that way.

Teach children tolerance. No one need surrender his or her own beliefs while extending tolerance to those with other beliefs.

I tell people all the time, preached a couple Sundays about it. I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out.

It is very important to understand that pluralism is part of our system. We don't all think the same thing and part of our strength is that we come from different perspectives. We have to respect one another even when we disagree with each other. There has to be a spirit of tolerance for the views of others, while also being deeply committed to the positions we hold. If we do that, I think we can coexist and learn to love each other better.