Quotes About Diversity

All happy families are alike, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy

They did not, however, infect the air as the Sudanese sun dried them up like mummies; all had the hue of gray parchment, and were so much alike that the bodies of the Europeans, Egyptians, and negroes could not be distinguished from each other.

There are more of them than us.

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.

Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.

All men are equal before fish.

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Chocolate knows no boundaries; speaks all languages; comes in all sizes; is woven through many cultures and disciplines ... it impacts mood, health, and economics, and it is a part of our lives from early childhood through the elderly years.

The facts are that an essential difference exists between man and beast. Human nature is sui generis; it has its own character and attributes. If this be true, then the common origin of all men is a necessity;

Like all knowledge, knowledge of God is mediated to us through our senses, through speech and symbol, mediated to us by parents and others. If this were not the case, we would be unable to account for the great diversity of representations of God. If knowledge of God, of the moral order, of the beautiful—if these were all innate, they would be universally identical and acknowledged as such.

If there is no infallible Scripture "there can exist only a subjective and purely individual notion of what belongs to Christian faith." All ways are good, if they but lead to faith – not to what is contained in faith, for this differs endlessly.

The majority of the people in the country don't care what color I am.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.

The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.

the fastest way to get to people we don't already know is through contacts as far away as possible from our daily routine.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are one hundred and fifty-two distinctly different ways --and all are right! At least all will do.

At school, your tests only have one right answer and you might get zero or half points if you put the wrong answer. But in what we call ''the real world'', things aren't so black and white, so you should think about things for yourself and express them in words or pictures. This is how you comminicate with people, with other people.

Toshiaki learned that all living organisms were governed by their DNA. He was impressed by perfection of this system.Why did existence have the ability to design such a beautiful code? And how could such a simple structure account for endless diversity of life forms?

Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.

The very reason which repels some is precisely that which appeals to others.