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Dealing with an imperfect person could require patience, tolerance and love. This could be difficult. It is important to remember that we are all imperfect.

From the song 'Brave' by Sara Bareilles:

You can be amazing,
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug,
You can be the outcast,
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love,
Or you can start speaking up.

Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle 'neath your skin,
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins,
But I wonder what would happen if you....

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out,
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say,
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4

"Less well known is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. — In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal."
― Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies 

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."
- Thomas Mann

"No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance."
- Giacomo Leopardi

"Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance."
- Bill Maher

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Tolerance should have limits. Do not tolerate evil or the intolerant.

From the song 'Love Don't Hate' by David Archuleta:

Don't know what I was thinking,
I messed up and now we're sinking,
Said things I didn't mean,
Hard to watch your heart breaking.

Words cut like razor blades and left you with a scar,
Made a mistake I can't erase,
Oh I was wrong,
Took you for granted,
And I can't stand it.
Shouldn't be that way,
'Cause love don't hate, hate.
Love don't hate, hate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kF2zp6mi1M

"Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival."
- Rene Dubos

"You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note."
- Doug Floyd

"There is a beauty that arises from withholding judgment and evading comparison, a grace in not demanding consensus."
- David Romtvedt

"How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance--the one value that is indispensable in creating community."
- Barbara Jordan

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With tolerance there is less conflict and more harmony.

From the song 'One Love' by Bob Marley:

One Love! One Heart!
Let's get together and feel all right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdB-8eLEW8g

"Cultivate your own capabilities, your own style. Appreciate the members of your family for who they are, even though their outlook or style may be miles different from yours. Rabbits don't fly. Eagles don't swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don't have feathers. Stop comparing. There's plenty of room in the forest."
- Chuck Swindoll

"The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own."
- Eric Hoffer

"What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature."
- Voltaire

"So how do we solve this ancient problem? How can we not just tolerate someone who believes differently than we do, but actually respect them for those beliefs? Because nothing less than that will do. It can’t. Simply tolerating someone who believes differently than we do isn’t enough. 'Accepting' them isn’t enough. Having true and abiding peace with them means loving them. And that means respecting them. Because love without respect isn’t real love at all. It’s at best condescending patronization.
- John Shore

"Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.
- Father Dominique Pire

"Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human."
- John Cogley Commonweal