TOLERANCE
“Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.” (Timothy Keller, American author)
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slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
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In Your Own Words…
In your own words, what is the central message of the above quote by the American author and religious leader Timothy Keller?
“It is often not the words, but the message behind the words that makes a quote so meaningful. Even the shortest of quotations can convey the most powerful of messages, provide meaningful perspective, and impart hard-won wisdom.” (Paul and Lizzie Ayoub)
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Getting Personal
Do you have any close friends or family members with whom you strongly disagree about some issue, but with whom you continue to get along. What allows you to continue to get along with them?
Have you ever disagreed with someone so strongly that you could no longer interact with them because of the personal irritation caused by your disagreement? Who was the disagreement with, and what was the nature of the disagreement?
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Quotation AI Assistant
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
“Your neighbor’s vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.” (Miguel de Unamuno)
“In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.” (Dalai Lama)
“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.” (Robert Green Ingersoll)
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The Wisdom Quotation Well
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Any Comments/Questions about Today’s Quote?
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