Quotes About Inclusivity

When I blessed those three … I saw three hundred, three hundred thousand, thirty million, three billion … white, black, yellow, of all the colors, all the combinations that human love can produce.

Make a list of all the varieties of aliens you can come up with. (And if it's less than 3,000, then THE PEARS ARE LAUGHING AT YOU, MY FRIEND.) -Scott Westerfeld from NaNoWriMo Pep Talk.

Schönheit ist überall ein gar willkommener Gast.

Die Gewalt einer Sprache ist nicht, daß sie das Fremde abweist, sondern daß sie es verschlingt.

Her peculiarities must not be punished.

Patriotism can flourish only where racism and nationalism are given no quarter. We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others.

The universalism I aspire to does neither. It holds that the same light shines through all our windows, but that each window is different.

In the harsh conditions of Arabia it was necessary for leaders and followers to live and work together side by side. Therefore leadership was never hierarchical. A leader was among the people, not over them. p 58

The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.

There are always exceptions to every generalization. [A Christian Epilogue]

Never again will a single story be told as though it"s the only one.

Never again shall a single story be told as though it were the only one.

He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.

J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you.

WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) samples make up most nonclinical neuroimaging studies as well.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

The living tradition we share draws from many sources …

I've noticed that there is danger in spending all this time writing about those "publicans and sinners" over there in the great and spacious building. If our spot near the tree of life becomes a Rameumptom where we congratulate each other on our chosen-ness and look down on everyone else, then we're occupying nothing more than a branch office of the great and spacious.

This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section.

Christians must outlove, outjoy, outthink, and always welcome those who opposed them.

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

To hate a man because he was born in another country, because he speaks a different language, or because he takes a different view of this subject or that, is a great folly. Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human...Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity.

One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonald's and Burger King equalize us all.