Toks Olagundoye Quotes

I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to understand that the next person's journey may not be your own, but it doesn't mean that you have to marginalize them in any way.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

Hetero - normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It's okay to be different. It's okay to stand out for whatever reason. Some people are just born that way and instead of trying to tear them down, learn something new. Be curious and open because maybe that's a pathway out for you, too.

Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. I pray we may all challenge ourselves to delve into the deepest resources of our hearts to cultivate an atmosphere of understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion. We are all in this life together.

Other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them.

I've learned a lot just being around people who grew up so differently from me, which is cool. It teaches you how to be a lot more tolerant. The bigger your world is, the more tolerant and accepting you become, because you have friends from all walks of life. You learn to be a little bit less selfish.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

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

It is increasingly important to be open-minded.

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.

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

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

I have tried to be more relatable, but I won't be relatable to everybody.

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.

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.

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

I love the exploration of someone who has such a different background from you. That exploration runs to compassion and to cracking yourself open and creating more understanding of how weird and amazing life is.

A lot of kids can't identify with the things I've done and where I'm from and who I am as an individual. That's why I've tried to be a person and live my life in a way that can be identified by all cultures.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

I think everyone should be happy. I think a fool is going to go against same sex marriage at this point. Look how long it took him [Obama] to say he was for same sex marriages. You understand? I'm up for it. If everyone else is for it, then hey, to each his own. I don't have personal feelings towards it because I'm not involved in that lifestyle. I want people to be happy. It makes for everything to be better

A funny thing about tolerant people? They're really only tolerant when you agree with them.

The more that we self-analyze ourselves, the nicer we are to people and to ourselves, and the more we understand each other.

Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow.

There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.