“You can disagree without being disagreeable.” ~~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Filed Under: Attitude, Kindness, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Tolerance
“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.” ~~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.” ~~ Elie Wiesel
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” ~~ Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.” ~~ Maya Angelou
“Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.” ~~ Elie Wiesel
“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions … but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” ~~ Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Chapter 11
“The highest result of education is tolerance.” ~~ Helen Keller
