William James Quotes

It is my goal to love everyone. I hate no one. Regardless of their race, religion, their proclivities, the desire of their heart and how they want to live their life and the decisions that they make. I can even respect people's decisions and lifestyle choices just as I hope they have the courtesy to respect my decisions and my choices.

In everything I do, I want people to get the message of acceptance, to learn not to practice contempt without investigation. I have an obligation to do it.

We, as a society, need to be open-minded.

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

I want people to be more accepting.

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

When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

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

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other. It's not up to me to judge anybody.

We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists.

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

I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate.

Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

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.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

You can like somebody without agreeing with all of their policies.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

Tolerance is common sense in a pluralistic society.

You treat everyone with respect even though you don’t know them and even though you do not agree with them.