Quote of Voltaire - What is tolerance? It is the...
Biography - Voltaire:
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
Born: 1694 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1694 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.
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Quotes about mistake:
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Quotes about tolerance:
Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.
To tolerate is to take upon oneself; a tolerance that comes into being on the backs of others is no longer tolerance. To tolerate the suffering of others, to tolerate an injustice of which we are not a victim or an atrocity that we are spared is not tolerance but selfishness, indifference, or worse.
Quotes about forgiveness:
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
Quotes about weakness:
The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Quotes for: Stupidity
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
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