“ i envision a day when people see beyond differences - to the core of what we all have in common, where what we value most allows all humankind to live peacefully, respecting one another.”
-marlise karlin
Christianity may be tolerant in some of the disciplines of life, but it is intellectually intolerant - absolutely intolerant. No religion can afford such tolerance. Intellectual tolerance is a virtue that exclusively belongs to science and philosophy.
Tolerance is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships. When one
views the slaughter and suffering caused by religious intolerance throughout all
the history of man and into modern times, one can see that intolerance is a very
nonsurvival activity. Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his
own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious
faith and beliefs of another has always been a short road to trouble .
"You must ask yourself: Is this thing really worth my hate, or am I just a bigot?"
For millenia women have dedicated themselves almost exclusively to the task of nurturing, protecting and caring for the young and the old, striving for the conditions of peace that favour life as a whole. To this can be added the fact that, to the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict. Now that we are gaining control of the primary historical role imposed on us of sustaining life in the context of the home and family, it is time to apply in the arena of the world the wisdom and experience thus gained in activities of peace over so many thousands or years. The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
She could write the scene three times over, from three points of view...none of these three was bad, nor were they particularly good. She need not judge...She need only show seperate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that other minds were equally alive. It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp that other people are as real as you. And only in a story could you enter these different minds and show that they had equal value. That was the only moral a story need have.
Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few levels above, gain their self-esteem by gazing down on us. Surely, they must know that their deliverance depends on letting down their ropes. Only by working together is escape possible. Over time, many reach out, but most simply watch, mesmerized into maintaining their unspoken commitment to keeping us where we are, at whatever cost to them or to us (Bell).
Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few levels above, gain their self-esteem by gazing down on us. Surely, they must know that their deliverance depends on letting down their ropes. Only by working together is escape possible. Over time, many reach out, but most simply watch, mesmerized into maintaining their unspoken commitment to keeping us where we are, at whatever cost to them or to us (Bell).
“Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.â€
Religious tolerance is not religious indifference. Tolerance means to value the right of another person to hold beliefs that you know are absolutely wrong.
No man has a right, in America, to treat any other man TOLERANTLY, for TOLERANCE is the assumption of superiority.
"Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions.
Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all""
Take It Higher : Take It Sacred
Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying
Today, I declare peace within MY borders. I allow the Love of God to infuse my being, removing all thoughts of fear, resentment, and prejudice. The only war I need to wage is against my own adverse thoughts and feelings. So right now, right where I am, I put on the impenetrable armor of Divine Love; I gather my armies of tolerance and acceptance; I march into battle with my weapons of prayer and faith,and I declare war against anything in me that would prevent me from claiming my title as a peacemaker. PEACE BEGINS WITH ME!
God is too big to fit into one religion.
"I can easily feel very right - even righteous - about my opinion. But I always learn something, especially when I remember that my perception about what happened is only one version of reality. I care less and less about the truth of any situation. I find it much more important and effective to focus on the relationships between people and the possibility of coming to agreements and solutions that work to address the issues raised."
Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world.
Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.
In the eyes of history, religious toleration is the highest evidence of culture in a people. It was not until the Western nations broke away from their religious law that they became more tolerant, and it was only when the Muslims fell away from their religious law that they declined in tolerance and other evidences of the highest culture.
When I was four years old they tried to test my IQ, they showed me this picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked me which one is different and does not belong, they taught me different was wrong.
Man must evolve for all human conflichts a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. (Lao-Tzu, Chinese Taoist philosopher, ca. 600 B.C.)
The highest result of education is tolerance. (Helen Keller, deaf/blind American author and educator, 1880-1968)
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
To think that one's actions could please the masses is indeed a notion bound in irony; someone will inevitably find something wrong in almost everything. So do what it is that you do best and remember to have enough tolerance for two.
About "Turn the other cheek". We're all born with 4. To turn a third one would be showing an ass.
About "Turn the other cheek". We're all born with 4. To turn a third one would be showing an ass.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, all foes to real understanding. Likewise tolerance and charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in our corner of the earth.
