Quote by Eric Hoffer
Intolerance is the Do Not Touch sign on something that cannot bear

Intolerance is the Do Not Touch sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness. – Eric Hoffer

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It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living. – Eric Hoffer

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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. – Eric Hoffer

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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. – Eric Hoffer

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What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. – Robert Francis Kennedy

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There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. – Edmund Burke

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It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. – Dalai Lama

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Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality. – Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno

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