tolerance

tolerance

January 1, 1950

This I Believe

If I must label what I believe, I think I could best describe it as the faith of a romantic. By romance, I don’t mean sentimentally or foolish optimism, but some idealism, an imaginative perception, a pervading sense of tradition,...
January 1, 1950

This I Believe

More than 40 years spent in the education of boys have left me with faith in the dignity of man and the ultimate destiny of the human race. What wins the headlines in the newspapers is the wildness of teenagers...
January 1, 1950

This I Believe

I believe that the two great Commandments, which tell us to love God and our neighbor, are inseparable. The longer I live, the clearer is my conviction that as my love of God increases, so does my love for my...
January 1, 1950

This I Believe

Two or three years ago, I read a story about a little boy who visited the Detroit Zoo with his parents. The zoo, it seems, had recreated the backgrounds of certain well-known children’s stories. One of these was the story...
January 1, 1950

The Power of Good

I believe that good is stronger than evil. I have found that if applied with complete faith, it can obliterate evil. Knowledge like this gives one great strength in time of oppression or tyranny. I believe that hatred is destructive....