Elbert Hubbard Quotes

As we look around, it's very clear that in this world people do outrageous things to one another all of the time. It's not that these qualities or actions make us bad people, but they bring tremendous suffering if we don't know how to work with them.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.

Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me.

History is not hatred.

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

Love em or leave em; just don’t destroy em.

Even if you see me fighting, don't assume I am a bad person.

The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point bigger, and your position stronger. But we will not solve the significant and real problems our country faces if we cannot bring ourselves to embrace a mindset of grace.

Hate won't solve anything.

Some people say the people I'm fighting are bums, but I don't see it like that.

We should not let our response to the people who disagree with us be dictated by what they say about us or even how they treat people we care for. There has to be a chance that we can find love.

Love your enemy. But don't forget he is not your friend

Life with another person is always difficult.

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.

Billy Graham talks about how he doesn't judge people. I don't either. Some people I am just pissed at.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

Can we all get along?

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

Without tolerance, our world turns into hell.

We must all learn a good lesson - how to live together.