By Elder Russell M. Nelson

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Russell M. Nelson, "What Is Tolerance?", Liahona, March 2011, 52–53

From an April 1994 general conference address.


Russell M. Nelson

Tolerance is a virtue much needed in our turbulent world. But we must recognize that there is a difference between tolerance and tolerate. Your gracious tolerance for an individual does not grant him or her license to do wrong, nor does your tolerance obligate you to tolerate his or her misdeed. That distinction is fundamental to an understanding of this vital virtue.