Kathryn Stockett Quotes

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another - that's what, in fact, makes life worth living.

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.

I think we must never, ever demonize one another. That's true not just black people to black people; that's human being to human being.

I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.

Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others, as we begin to listen to each other's stories, things begin to change. We begin the movement from exclusion to inclusion, from fear to trust, from closedness to openness, from judgment and prejudice to forgiveness and understanding. It is a movement of the heart.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.

I love all people, whatever race they are.

All of us are much more human than otherwise.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.

If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities we all have. It is our humanity and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

I have a love factor with the minorities.

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.