Pastoral Resources

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

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

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.

Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.

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

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

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

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

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

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts.

Every religious group, while perhaps a majority somewhere, is also inevitably a minority somewhere else. Thus, religious organizations should and do show tolerance toward members of other religious denominations.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.

I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance.