Quotes About Inclusivity

Part You can give each person a part to play in both the plan and the outcome. People need a tangible way to contribute and participate.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There are no strangers, only friends you have not met yet.

points to the church at Antioch as a kind of ideal local church, in part because every social group is represented. That church was the only place Herod's brother (an aristocrat) and a slave (considered very low) could have been drawn together. Antioch was also a strategic church because its members were all "tellers

Those who champion democracy, but make a fetish of never accepting anything they don't agree with -- what advantage do they see in democracy?

Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.

Morris liked to share he books with others. Sometimes it was a favorite that everyone loved, and other times he found a lonely little volume whose tale was seldom told. "Everyone's story matters," said Morris. And all the books agreed.

Surely part of the moral meaning of representative government is that the representatives from all parts of a vast nation coming together in a great mosaic not only represent the interests and visions of their respective localities but also then learn from each other, affect each other, reason together, diminish their respective provincialisms, and shape something nearer to the common good.

Our country is the world—our countrymen are all mankind.

Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all other lands. The interests, rights, and liberties of American citizens are no more dear to us than are those of the whole human race. Hence we can allow no appeal to patriotism, to revenge any national insult or injury. (Declaration of Sentiments, Boston Peace Conference (28 September 1838))

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.

How do we love all children, of all species, of all time?

How do we love all children, of all species, FOR all time?" ? William McDonough

the things he hated most was élitism. We share in everyone else or forego ourselves. 'Hullo there, captain.

André Breton (who fled Nazi dominated Europe)told poets of this Caribbean country: 'Surrealism is allied with peoples of colour, first because it has sided with them against all forms of imperialism and white brigandage…

Without going into detail, after many years I have become convinced that the biblical references to same-sex behavior were written in a situational and cultural context that does not apply to people with a homosexual orientation, and that the Bible does not give specific instruction regarding how homosexuals should live.

The inclusive atmosphere of the class was the key driver of allowing the class to be eager to learn. The focus really shifted away from grades and points, and towards understanding concepts and learning." The key link is between inclusivity and the shift of focus away from test scores. When students are given the responsibility to support each other, their own score falls down the list of priorities.

am equally at home in an Anglican or Baptist church

Star Trek was about social justice from day one -- the stories were about the human pursuit for a better world, a better way of being, the next step up the ladder of sentience. The stories weren't about who we were going to fight, but who we were going to make friends with. It wasn't about defining an enemy -- it was about creating a new partnership. That's why when Next Gen came along, we had a Klingon on the bridge.

Jesuits, then, clearly recognized and acknowledged an intrinsic relation between refusal of arbitrary power, open and inclusive political debate and a taste for reasoned argument. It's true that Native American political

Vorrei che tu potessi ricordare come ci si sente quando si è donna, e come ci si sente quando non si è né uomo né donna. Solo "essere", prima di tutto, prima delle definizioni, dei pronomi personali, delle parole e dei generi. Forse, in questo modo, potresti anche arrivare, quasi per caso, alla possibilità primordiale di essere me

The church that worships will have many visitors who never come back, and a few who cannot stay away. Perhaps

As a prominent African American, Chicago-based theologian who worshiped in the same church later emphasized, above all else, including color, complexion, and race, first and foremost Barack "Obama is Hawaiian.