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title: "7 Tolerance Really Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Tolerance Really quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Tolerance Really sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Our culture diets on the candy of tolerance, but what it really craves is the meat of grace. Tolerance does not value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burke/our-culture-diets-on-the-candy-of-tolerance-but-what-it-really-craves/)

[John Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burke/)

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> [Tolerance Should Really Be Only A Temporary Attitude... It Must Lead To Recognition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pacifiersucker/tolerance-should-really-be-only-a-temporary-attitude-it-must-lead-to/)

[Pacifiersucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pacifiersucker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/pacifiersucker-133_accomplishment_tolerance-should-really-be-only-a-tempor_905882.jpg)

> [Tolerance is really a better thing than understanding. Because it doesn't agitate against human nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/tolerance-is-really-a-better-thing-than-understanding-because-it/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/fran-lebowitz-690_agitate_tolerance-is-really-a-better-thing-than_1273755.png)

> [It is characteristic of theistic "tolerance" that no one really cares what the people believe in, just so they believe or pretend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/it-is-characteristic-of-theistic-tolerance-that-no-one-really-cares/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/emma-goldman-774_atheism_it-is-characteristic-of-theistic-toleran_1731212.png)

> [Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/tolerance-should-really-only-be-a-passing-attitude-it-should-lead-to/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/tolerance-should-really-be-only-a-temporary-attitude-it-must-lead-to-2/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_attitude_tolerance-should-really-be-only-a-tempor_2464260.jpg)

> [Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/tolerance-is-not-really-a-lived-virtue-it-s-more-of-a-cerebral-ascent/)

[Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/krista-tippett-9825_ascent_tolerance-is-not-really-a-lived-virtue-i_2845181.png)

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