"Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant."

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Source : Sidney Hook (1975). “Pragmatism and the tragic sense of life”, Basic Books (AZ)

Sidney Hook

#Tolerance Quotes #Limits Quotes #Tolerate Quotes

“If I had been a dog walker, I would have been the most successful dog walker in Paris.”
“I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself in your own scent. The issue is the same for all real poets. If you've been happy for too long, you become banal. By the same token, if you've been unhappy for a long time, you lose your poetic power...Happiness and poverty can only coexist for the briefest time. Afterword either happiness coarsens the poet or the poem is so true it destroys his happiness.”
“Maybe part of find what you wanted was recognizing what you didn't want. Maybe there was hope for me yet.”

Source : Claire Cook (2014). “Must Love Dogs”, p.150, Marshbury Beach Books
“The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.”
“Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.”
“Where Snah [Hans Magnus Ryan] is a melody and texture man, I am more of a riff, rhythm and concept guy. I am much better than him in certain fields, and he surely wipes the floor with me in others, and we both know it's like that.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“A race between Perry and Christie would test whether Americans would rather be executed or eaten.”
“It took me a long time to be as brave in my personal life as I was in my professional life to be brave in love means opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak.”

Source : "DreamWorks Chairwoman Mellody Hobson Calls for Tolerance, Talks "Soul Mate" George Lucas in USC Speech" by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 15, 2015.

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