Penn Jillette Quotes

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

I'd like to have more tolerance.

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

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

Listen with grace, with no judgment, without imposing the law.

Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart.

Tolerance is an acquired taste. It is not innate. You build tolerance.

If err we must, let us err on the side of tolerance.

I've gotten really good at not judging characters.

I can't approach a character with judgment.

Please be kind, don't be judgemental.

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

I think it's very important for people to not judge the people you're playing. You have to find a way to love them because their story is theirs. I just don't think there would be any use in that.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

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

I try to be funny and not ignorant.

I have simply said that there's just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It's not who I am. I don't want to be that person.