Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.

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

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.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

Tolerance can lead to learning something.

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

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.

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

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

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.

Tolerance actually does exist on Broadway.

Acceptance is the only thing you should teach. Be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Dalit, you must inculcate acceptance, not tolerance.

Embrace the humanity of everyone, especially those you don't understand.

I want people to be more accepting.

No matter if someone has personal feelings about my sexuality or how they view me, it's all of our job to continue to show up in spaces where we can say, 'You know what? I can figure out how to try to work with you.'

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion. Why make life miserable for someone when you can use your energy for good? We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.

It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.

We [people] need to stop lumping folks together and start living together. Otherwise, we're going to kill each other off because you don't believe what I believe. That's crazy.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

There are still places in America that we need to nurture, to allow them to understand that there are other ways of living, and it's not wrong, just because it's not your way of living.

Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing on the meaninglessness of forms of existence other than our own; and it commands us to tolerate, respect, and indulge those whom we see harmlessly interested and happy in their own ways, however unintelligible these may be to us. Hands off.