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"All I say is: Let us leave les folles alone, let's just leave them be. Don't judge them. You are not superior to them - don't put them down."

"Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?""As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their mythologies. Many are very similar -- break-offs or sects of one another.""Even still, how can you remember all of that?""I have...methods," Sazed said."But, what's the point?"Sazed frowned. "The answer should be obvious, I think. People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so--therefore--are their beliefs."

"Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion."

"I am usually able to tolerate all kinds of victims of indoctrination except those who have been infected with xenophobia, racism, or homophobia."

"In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair...the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die."

"Tolerance is not infinite patience, but slain patience; patience that has lost its hope and love and has thrown in the towel."
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"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

"The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker."

"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived."

"True happiness ... is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

"What does this beauty or than music mean to you? You cannot see the waves rolling up the beach or hear their roar. What do they mean to you?' In the most evident sense they mean everything. I cannot fathom or define their meaning any more than I can fathom or define love or religion or goodness."

"Believe when you are most unhappy that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain life is not in vain."

"To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable."

"The million little things that drop into your hands The small opportunities each day brings He leaves us free to use or abuse And goes unchanging along His silent way."

"I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence."

"Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same."
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