Quotes # 43
We learn from history
that we learn nothing from history.
~ George Bernard Shaw ~
Reputation is what men and women think of us;
character is what God and the angels know of us.
~ Thomas Paine ~
Tolerance is reserved for people, not for truth.
~ Bishop Sheen ~
The moment one can tell night ends and day begins,
is the moment we look into the face of any person and
recognize them as our brother or sister. Until we're able
to do that, it's still night.
~ Rabbi Pinchas ~
Love the quote by Bishop Sheen! It inspired me to seek out the original; there is more, but here is a longer excerpt:
ReplyDelete"There is no other subject on which the average mind is so much confused as the subject of tolerance and intolerance. Tolerance is always supposed to be desirable because it is taken to be synonymous with broadmindedness. Intolerance is always supposed to be undesirable, because it is taken to be synonymous with narrow-mindedness. This is not true, for tolerance and intolerance apply to two totally different things. Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to principles. Intolerance applies only to principles, but never to persons. We must be tolerant to persons because they are human; we must be intolerant about principles because they are divine. We must be tolerant to the erring, because ignorance may have led them astray; but we must be intolerant to the error, because Truth is not our making, but God’s."
Wow! That is so good! Thanks for sharing the longer version. I'll probably post the whole thing in another post sometime.
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