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"What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature."
Voltaire

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"The highest result of education is tolerance."
Helen Keller

"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
Dalai Lama

"Though all society is founded on intolerance, all improvement is founded on tolerance."
George Bernard Shaw

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Tolerance Definition: Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something; tending to withstand or survive.

Etymology of 'Tolerance'
early 15c., "endurance, fortitude" (in the face of pain, hardship, etc.), from Old French tolerance (14c.), from Latin tolerantia "a bearing, supporting, endurance," from tolerans, present participle of tolerare "to bear, endure, tolerate".

Positive Suggestions:
"Awaken your natural Tolerance"
"Perfect Tolerance is within you"
"Allow yourself to feel Tolerant now"
"Accept Tolerance"
"Trust in your Tolerance"

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