Tolerance
by Napoleon Hill Tolerance is the disposition to be patient and fair toward those whose opinions, practices and beliefs differ from one's own. In other words, it is the maintenance of an open mind. The tolerant person keeps his mind open to receive new and different facts and knowledge on all subjects. This does not mean that he will retain and adopt these new facts and knowledge as his own, but he will examine them and try to understand. Then he will endeavor patiently and wisely to reach a fair conclusion. The intolerant person, on the other hand, has fixed opinions on almost everything. Moreover, he generally expresses his opinions freely and emphatically, and most often with the inference that anyone who disagrees with him is wrong. This is a trait of personality which never adds to one's popularity. The one thing which people resent most is open effrontery in connection with their own opinions. Intolerance definitely limits an individual's privileges of appropriating and using the knowledge and experience of others. Instead of winning their cooperation, intolerance repels and makes enemies of those who would otherwise be friends. It stops the growth of the mind by cutting off the search for knowledge. It discourages the development of the faculty of imagination. It prohibits accuracy in thinking and reasoning | 
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