Diversity Quotes - Page 2

There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

By my love and my hope I beseech you - do not forsake hero in your soul!

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.

It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

When I liberate others, I liberate myself.

Unity in diversity is India's strength. There is simplicity in every Indian. There is unity in every corner of India. This is our strength.

Difference between diversity and inclusion is being invited to a house and being able to rearrange the furniture.

People who are aware of, and ashamed of, their prejudices are well on the road to eliminating them.

I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.

We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?

I believe that here in South Africa, with all our diversities of colour and race; we will show the world a new pattern for democracy. There is a challenge for us to set a new example for all. Let us not side step this task.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

In this market every head has a different fancy: everyone winds his turban in a different fashion.

We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

If the building of a bridge does not enrich the awareness of those who work on it, then the bridge ought not to be built.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights.