- “Civilization is refinement of spirit, respect of one’s neighbor, tolerance of foreign opinion, courtesy of manner” –VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ — 2. ‘Tolerance implies no luck commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns oppression or persecution of others” — JOHN F. KENEDDY –3.’Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love” –TOM HANNAH –4.’Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life” — WILBERT E. SCHEER –5. ‘Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions” –GILBERT K. CHESTERTON –6. ‘Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries” –SHANNON L. ALDER –7. ‘The highest result of education is tolerance” — HELEN KELER –8. ‘The test of courage comes when we are in minority, the test of tolerance comes when we are in majority” — RALPH W. SOCKMAN –9. ‘Tolerance is a basic pillar of democracy and the bulwark against totalitarian patterns of action and regimes” –WILLI MERNYI –10. ‘The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have wider vision” —GEORGE ELIOT–11. “Discord is a great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it”– VOLTAIRE, ‘PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY’–12. Tolerance is the only real test of civilization” — ARTHUR HELPS –13. “Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you” –TIMOTHY JELLER –14. ‘Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people” –PAULO COELHO –15. ‘The heart of wisdom is tolerance’ –STEVEN ERIKSON–16. ‘Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fills our hearts with tolerance” — STAN LEE– 17. “Tolerance is a ability to forgive those who tend to speak before thinking” — CATHERINE PULSIFER– 18. ‘What’s most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty” –J.K.ROWLING–19.’Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice” — AYAAN HIRSI ALI–20. ‘If profound gulf separates my neighbor’s belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance” — ANON– 21. “The bigots that we should fear the most are those that can be confused with tolerance” — FERNANDO ARRABAL –22. “Balanced tolerance is the germ of freedom and harmony” — FRANCIS CASTEL –23.”Tolerance is only another name for indifference” –W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM–24/ “Bring tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics”–LAFCADIO HEARN–25″It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of discorded and squabbling”– PIERRE BAYLE–