W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.

I like to think that I'm nonjudgmental, that I can listen and be engaged by almost anything.

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

It would never occur to me to judge anyone.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

Men do very little from love, a great deal from hate, most of all from indifference.

We need not think alike to love alike.

I'm not against anybody.

You can't close the door on anybody.

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

Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience.

Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young.

I think I've advanced my views with compassion and tolerance.

You have to give others the opportunity to love who you love. If they don't accept it, it's their loss.

Everyone deserves compassion.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

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

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.

I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.