James E. Faust Quotes

There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is... We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.

Tolerance is the one essential ingredient ... You can take it from me that the Queen has the quality of tolerance in abundance.

People - whatever their race, religion, sexual preference - deserve to be treated as human beings.

Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others, as we begin to listen to each other's stories, things begin to change. We begin the movement from exclusion to inclusion, from fear to trust, from closedness to openness, from judgment and prejudice to forgiveness and understanding. It is a movement of the heart.

Don't put anyone out of your heart, there's room for all.

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

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.

With all of the divisiveness that is going on in the country we live in, so much of it is based around just fear of the other. And anyone who does not look like me, walk like me, talk like me, have sex like me, they're the other and I'm afraid of them. And hopefully we will learn that it's just not scary. There's nothing to be afraid of.

Our goal should be to understand our differences.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

Caring is beyond race. Either people care about you, or they don't.

What we must not do - what we must never do - is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans, for something they cannot control, and deny what makes them human.

My dear compatriots, I'm not interested in your race, your origin, your sexual orientation. What interests me is your happiness.

What I write comes from a place of deep love, and a deep understanding of all kinds of otherness.

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.

My best friends - the people I trust the most - are Catholic, Jewish, African-American, gay, tall, short, blonde... you name it. I love people for their hearts, not their appearance or lifestyle.

'Laramie' is a way in to replacing any hate in your heart with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

There's heart and soul in everyone, and we need to respect people's choices.

Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.

My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.

I'm very accepting of how people live their lives.