Quotes About Inclusivity

If you make happy those who are near, those who are far will come.

If librarianship is the connecting of people to ideas – and I believe that is the truest definition of what we do – it is crucial to remember that we must keep and make available, not just good ideas and noble ideas, but bad ideas, silly ideas, and yes, even dangerous or wicked ideas.

8I have charity for the Jew (I say Jew, because I mean them from whence I came). 9

Laugh and the world laughs with you!

A family is a family not because of gender but because of values, like commitment, trust and love.

Actually, now I no longer think of myself as American. Rather, I now think of myself as an American who is living globally. A global citizen. A citizen of the world. It makes me feel as if my perspective has broadened. It is much more expansive and inclusive.

Go on. I'm waiting for you to get to the part where you say you're no more proud of being gay than you are of having brown eyes, or black hair, or a birthmark behind your left knee." I protested, "That's true. Why should I be 'proud' of something I was born with? I'm not proud, or ashamed. I just accept it. And I don't have to join a parade to prove that.

Seven genders – and all of them perceived as monolithic. Everyone stereotyped at a glance. Seven pigeon-holes instead of two isn't progress.

He was a bridger. He created you to touch other cultures. He wanted you to reach as far as you could.

Eugene Peterson puts this truth cleverly: "Jesus, it must be remembered, restricted nine-tenths of His ministry to twelve Jews, because it was the only way to reach all Americans."2

Leia was looking up at Poe, smiling ever so slightly. Flyboys. You're all the same. Some of us are flygirls, Poe said.

To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism.

I am President of all the people, good, bad, or indifferent, and as long as my opinions are known, ought perhaps to keep myself out of their squabbles.

We attend a postmodern meeting, and everyone leaves happy because everyone at the meeting was able to express himself or herself, even if no decisions were made. We give equal awards to our kids so nobody feels left out. Our news media is more concerned with the question, "How did that make you feel?" than any other.

If people can be around each other doing co-human things—i.e., things that everyone does, such as eating food, helping others, creating, talking about the weather, etc.—and not feel threatened, anxieties are reduced, empathy is increased, trust is built, and perceptions are changed.

I know that we have to start work quickly and intensively, whoever wants to be with us from the start will be welcomed. And the rest, we will win them over in the future.

She realizes that, down here, hate has no purpose. Down here, you embrace your foes until they become your friends. Down here, you seek not to be one being, but all beings, and all at once, God and Chemosh and everything in between. The change in her isn't only mental. It's physical, of skin and muscle. Yes, she has arrived. She is full. She is perfect.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

He who regards all men as equals is religious.

Raza cósmica, la: "The cosmic race." Refers to a movement by Mexican intellectuals during the 1920s arguing Mexicans have the blood of all the world's races—white, black, Indian, and Asian—and therefore transcend the world.

Man is saved if he opens himself to God and to others, even if he is not clearly aware that he is doing so. This is valid for Christians and non-Christians alike -- for all people. . . . We can no longer speak properly of a profane world. A qualitative and intensive approach replaces a quantitative and extensive one.

While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.

Love is love, whether it goes on two legs or four.

Sólo hay un remedio democrático sólido contra la tentación populista: el desarrollo mismo, la modernización incluyente.