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"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."
"The best way to avoid a catastrophic conflict of beliefs is to be more compassionate about other people's beliefs as long as they do not advocate for prejudices, bigotry and sectarianism."
"Just because you believe in something, you cannot expect others to respect for your belief! They may even make fun of it! All you have to do is to be peaceful at any time, with everyone! Something holy for you may be just a rubbish for others! All you have to do is to be peaceful at any time, with everyone!"
"I am unable to tolerate', to say this is the lack of ability to tolerate and 'I am able to tolerate' is itself the ability to tolerate."
"The tolerance power is the mother of egoism!"
"It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable."
"The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence."
Explore more quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart."
"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone."
"Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are."
"There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together."
"Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place."
"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."
"Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit."
"Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose."
"Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room we find."
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