Joseph Smith Jr. Quotes

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

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

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

If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.

Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and harder.

What I believe in is love your neighbor as yourself and don't call him stupid because they don't agree with you politically.

I am called to love my neighbor, which I do. I can disagree with my neighbor about several things, but I'm not going to hate my neighbor. It's not up to me to hate anybody. It's not up to me to judge anyone. It's up to me to be nice, to be kind and to do everything I can to help somebody.

I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.

Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.

Once you have accepted yourself, it's so much easier to accept other people and their points of view.

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.

We cannot condemn or judge or pass words that will hurt people. We don't know in what way God is appearing to that soul and what God is drawing that soul to; therefore, who are we to condemn anybody?

Love your fellow, and not just those who agree with you.

I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

I could say analogously that tolerance is the affable appreciation of qualities, views, and actions of other individuals which are foreign to one's own habits, beliefs, and tastes. Thus being tolerant does not mean being indifferent towards the actions and feelings of others. Understanding and empathy must also be present.

True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.

I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.

I can love people of every gender identity and expression. It is the soul that captivates me.

I can't approach a character with judgment.

When you connect to someone on a human level, and you get to know about them, you can begin to love the things that make them different. That's when fear dissipates, and that's when we can live the life that we're all supposed to be living.

I do not hate Likudniks, I do not hate anyone.

People are stubborn about what they perceive to be the right thing or the wrong thing, and it takes a long time to filter this human condition. There's a waiting period until people catch up. But if you have patience - which it takes when someone thinks differently from you - everybody always catches up. That patience is a wonderful virtue.

I think for me, as a gay person, I can convince a lot more people to be for gay marriage by not screaming at them and berating them and embarrassing them and belittling them, but by showing them that we're all exactly the same.

Please be kind, don't be judgemental.