Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit instigate brutal life and death struggles destroy a society's tolerance and humanity and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

It is essential to employ trust and reward those whose perspective ability and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare for it requires uncommon humility tolerance and wisdom.

I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.

I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents and in a way they have more strength from spending years where nobody believed in them.

Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free pluralistic society.

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

House music is about love and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance so in that respect it's not good at all.

We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11 2001.

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents but grow out of the very essence of religion namely its absolute claims.

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.