Zygmunt Bauman Quotes

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

We have to accept the world has become this place where we have to interact with people who are very different from us.

I believe in diversity in thought, in culture, and all sort of things.

We must learn to talk with each other, and we mutually must understand and accept one another in our extraordinary differences.

The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.

I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

I have never altered my feelings towards individuals, as men or as women, whether they believe as I do or not. Can you live as neighbors with me? I can with you; and it is no particular concern of mine whether you believe with me or not.

Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists.

Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.