Quotes About Inclusivity

People who are quick to point out the bitchiness of drag queens have probably never spent time with straight guys on the basketball court.

INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY POINTING OUT WHAT'S MISSING, CELEBRATE WHAT IS.

Every other man is a piece of myself, for I am a part of mankind.

Keep an open mind. Different books, different faiths, often say the same thing.

Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the larger culture is a reflection of the degree to which the community itself is connected to the larger culture.

If what made America great was its ingenious openness to different cultures, then the small triangle of land at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is the New World birthplace of that idea, the spot where it first took shape.

If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.

Remember - the fault is in the garment, certainly not the girl. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with the shape of her. Some designers cut their clothes for certain body types and others for others. Occasionally the pattern will make her ass look strangely square or the fabric will cling in an unflattering way, but Not Cut Well is always the answer, and it has the extremely delightful quality of saving your ass and being completely true at the same time. Use it wisely.

Instead of wishing for the Field Guide, be glad to live in the beautiful chaos of each of us finding our way into our own gendered menu, our own identity, and our own name for it, which—if you will just love us while we do this complex and fragile part—we will kiss into your mouth with such gratitude when we're through.

And at the risk of answering the same question the same way over and over: it's not a fucking binary. It would be easier for a lot of people if it were, but it just bloody well ain't, and nothing any of us does can make it that way. Please take a deep breath. Or,

You do not see deviantly gendered people walking around with Nalgene bottles, getting our sixty-four recommended ounces as we go through our days. I am sure that somewhere there is an argument to be made that the trans community as a whole is a little cranky because we could all use a nice big glass of water.

But to be loving is simply this: a willingness to respond freely and openly. Right now, it may be limited to one or two people in your lives. But it is possible to extend this ability to embrace the entire world.

If we had no problem with biology, we would not make a distinction between who was who. Everybody would be known for what they are worth; whether somebody is male or female would be irrelevant.

It takes a little extra intelligence for a person to look beyond what's available in his culture.

Although other animals may be different from us, this does not make them less than us.

a truly great person has a profound curiosity about the world and the people in it, an interest that encompasses everything and everyone. Real curiosity, I now know, doesn't leave much room for judgement.

No te limites en adelante a respirar el aire que te rodea, sino participa dese ahora en la sabiduría de la inteligencia que lo abarca todo, por que esta facultad intelectiva no menos se difundió por todas partes ni menos se introdujo en cada ser capaz de atraerla, que el aire en el ser capaz de respirarlo.

The first phrase affirms "God so loved the world"—not Christians in particular, or the elect, or the church, but the world. God's passion is the world. Christians have often been fearful of loving the world, for they have sometimes confused it with "worldliness." But loving the world doesn't mean getting lost in the world. It means loving the world—the creation—as God loves the world.

How can it be that God is known in only one religion—and then perhaps only in the "right" form of that religion?7

Jesus was offering forgiveness to all and sundry, out there on the street, without requiring that they go through the normal channels. That was his real offense.

They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever

However one defines man, the same definition applies to us all.