Jill Stein Quotes

People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn't seen some of it.

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

I just want to open people's eyes to different things.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

Once you have accepted yourself, it's so much easier to accept other people and their points of view.

There is some truth in everything. Views and opinions are different aspects. Do not quarrel with others.

For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.

When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself, "What if you were wrong? How would you want someone to engage with you?"

All I'm saying is that you should show some respect for what other people see with their eyes and feel with their fingers, even though it be the exact opposite.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.

I think understanding is the way to gain perspective - and therefore can live among those hideous realities. You can live with them.

In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people's positions.

I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

Gray means being open-minded. I always look at the world that way; I'm able to hear both sides of an argument. I don't listen to opera, but I don't think it's good or bad; it's just its own thing. I can completely appreciate it.

You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.

It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.

At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful.

I think for me, as a gay person, I can convince a lot more people to be for gay marriage by not screaming at them and berating them and embarrassing them and belittling them, but by showing them that we're all exactly the same.

If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you.

Sometimes, there isn't respect for our ways, but you can't change people.

I love taking people on that journey, which I feel like can open them up to seeing human beings a little more complexly. People that you originally don't like, maybe they have reasons for the way they are, and maybe we can start to understand each other a little better as opposed to being quick to judge and dismiss people.

I had to realize that everyone has opinions, and they all have the right to feel a certain way, and you have to respect that.