To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.

—Kahlil Gibran

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Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān (Arabic: جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist. He was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of...

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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

—Kahlil Gibran

When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

—Kahlil Gibran

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

—Kahlil Gibran

Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth.

—Kahlil Gibran

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

—Kahlil Gibran

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Flowers… put up no resistance to attack, suffer evil rather than inflicting it, imitate carnal love, multiply without fighting, and die without complaining.… They have realized the dream of Buddha: to desire nothing, to tolerate everything, to be absorbed in oneself to the depths of the unconscious will.

—J. Rambosson

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Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

—Woodrow Wilson

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

—Ralph W. Sockman

The highest result of education is tolerance.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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