Regina King Quotes

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

It's always easier to dismiss other people than to go through the awkward and time consuming process of understanding them.

We must seek to understand the intent of communication without prejudging or rejecting the content... Communication, after all, is not so much a matter of intellect as it is of trust and acceptance of others, of their ideas and feelings, acceptance of the fact that they're different, and that from their point of view, they are right.

I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

You might not agree with something, but it doesn't mean you don't need to listen to it. White people have to accept that they don't always know about racism.

What we do not understand we have no right to judge

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past. Therefore we need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Once we have more knowledge (light) about each other, we will stop condemning each other and a United front will be brought about.

Love is so much bigger than our ignorance.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking.

Whenever I've encountered a Christian saying, 'Why don't you stop talking like that so I can hear you?' I think, 'Well you're the one putting the earmuffs on, but I wish you could hear me because I like you.'

I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that.

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.

I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.

It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.

It is natural to have differences and still remain friends.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

I'm not asking you to be tolerant of each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Understand each other.

One who cannot live in harmony with others is regarded as an ignorant fool, even if he happens to be very learned in various matters.

When people express opinions that differ from yours, take it as a chance to grow. Seek to understand over being understood. Be curious, not defensive. The only way to disarm another human being is by listening.

I don't want to judge anybody by wherever they go.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.