Quotes About Diversity

Let us be thankful that there is no court by which we can be excluded from our share in the inheritance of the great poets of all ages and countries, to which our simple humanity entitles us.

Nationality, then, is only a less narrow form of provincialism, a sublimer sort of clownishness and ill-manners.

The world is a chaos, an irreducible plurality of forces, instincts and drives which ceaselessly clash.

Sexual difference is probably the issue in our time which could be our 'salvation' if we thought it through.

There is nothing in the universe about which art cannot be created.

La soledad es un concepto anglosajón. En Ciudad de México, si eres el único pasajero en un autobús y alguien sube, no solo se sentará a tu lado sino que se recostará en ti. (Del cuento Triste idiota)

It was as though a choir had been told not to sing harmoniously, but to sing their own songs, and to ensure that they were heard above the rest. I'm sure you can imagine what a deafening cacophony it would be.

so many languages have fallen off the edge of the world

I am a black woman poet and I sound like one.

The literature of America should reflect the children of America.

and this is not the time I think to ask who is allowed to be american america all of us gathered under one flag praying together safely warmed by the single love of the many tongued God

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.

What is food to one man is bitter poison to others.

What is food to one, is to others bitter poison.

the fact that now it's Philip Glass on the radio, the fact that I wonder how many people in Ohio care about Philip Glass,

I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a country music lover in L.A. None of my friends really listen to it, and they hate getting in the car with me because I just blast Taylor Swift.

A great many contemporary artists from hugely diverse backgrounds are currently approaching the prospect of cultural mixing...

The basis of tourism is perception of otherness, of something being different from the usual.

If all men were absolutely alike, … a single man would have achieved the end of the species.

That which I think only according to the standard of my individuality is not binding on another; it can be conceived otherwise; it is an accidental, merely subjective view.

It is common with narrow-minded people to reflect upon every respect in which other people differ from themselves. The

Historically the division of labour originates in two facts of nature: the ?inequality of human abilities and the variety of the external conditions of ?human life on earth. These two facts are really one: the diversity of ?Nature

Our culture promotes individuality, while the Amish are deeply entrenched in community. To us, if someone stands out, it's no big deal because diversity is respected and expected. To the Amish, there's no room for deviation from the norm. It's important to fit in, because that similarity of identity is what defines the society. If you don't fit in, the consequences are psychological tragic, you stand alone when all you've ever known is being part of the group.

but I used to think, Josef says quietly, that there are some weeds that are just as beautiful as flowers. (pg 134)