Tolerance
You don’t have to see someone’s point to allow them the freedom to make it. You don’t have to view what you personally don’t accept, but you are not practicing tolerance if you make your views a moral agenda for society itself. Any person or group has its place and is worthy of respect. Any person, no matter how seemingly confused, can be your teacher. This realization is what is meant by tolerance.
You have to be active in the face of intolerance. Individual choice is the essence of tolerance.
“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” Peace Pilgrim (American Teacher and Spiritual leader and Peace Prophet, 1908-1981)
“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” Ralph W. Sockman
“In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.” Dalai Lama (Head of the Dge-lugs-pa order of Tibetan Buddhists, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, b.1935)
Recognition Of Common Ground
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God's Grace
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Tolerating
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Wiser Choice
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Embrace Tolerance
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Tolerate Your Failings
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Individual Choice
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Tolerance Is The Step
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