Tolerance is the uncomfortable feeling that in the end the other could be right.
-- Robert Frost
About the Quote
We all want to be right, but that's not ever going to happen. We're not perfect beings, so sooner or later we will be wrong. We each have our blind spots, and if we aren't aware of them we can get into trouble.
Just as important, even our most-hated foe may be correct about a position we take or a belief we have. If we tell our foe that we are going to take a long walk on a short pier and our foe says we're making a mistake if we do that, we may find out the hard way that our foe was right (that is, if we're fortunate enough to survive the fall off the short pier).
Just as we want people to accept that we're right when we really are right, we should accept that others may be right when we are wrong.
Some Information about Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California, US on 1874-March-26. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, US on 1963-January-29.
Robert Frost was prize-winning American poet late in life. He also held the position of poetry consultant to the Library of Congress during the period of 1958-1959; in later years, whoever held this position was also named Poet Laureate.
When his father died of tuberculosis ain 1885, Robert Frost and the rest of the family moved to Lawrence, Massachussets to live with his late father's parents. He graduated from high school in 1892 and shared valedictorian honors with Elinor White, his future wife.
Robert Frost went to Dartmouth College and Elinor White went to St. Lawrence University. He grew impatient with the academic routine at college, so he left Dartmouth College before the first year ended.
While in high school, Robert Frost began his poettry writing modestly. During his lone year at Dartmouth in 1894 he became a published poet when the weekly literary journal The Independent printed his poem titled "My Butterfly: An Elegy."
In 1895 Robert Frost and Elinor White married.
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