Karen Bardsley Quotes

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

We can be more inclusive.

All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.

My dear compatriots, I'm not interested in your race, your origin, your sexual orientation. What interests me is your happiness.

I want the Congress to become an instrument for dialogue among the Indian people - all of us, from all corners of our great country, all religions, all ethnicities, all ages, genders and people - and for our dialogue to always be led by love and affection.

Diversity is not a skin thing, necessarily. Diversity is you have people around the table who have different backgrounds and different experiences and think differently.

'Laramie' is a way in to replacing any hate in your heart with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.

Embrace the humanity of everyone, especially those you don't understand.

I want people to be more accepting.

When you do learn these things, when you understand what inclusion is, then we can accomplish greater things together.

No matter if someone has personal feelings about my sexuality or how they view me, it's all of our job to continue to show up in spaces where we can say, 'You know what? I can figure out how to try to work with you.'

Even from when I was in grade school or church or wherever, I was always like: we're one, and we should respect each other and grow as one. And respect each other's diversity, of course.

Racism has a very quick expiration date when exposed to actual contact with people.

The more we can be in a relationship with those who might seem strange to us, the more we can feel like we're neighbors and all members of the human family.

When we're talking about diversity, it's not a box to check. It is a reality that should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.

I wasn't raised to see color; I was raised to see character.

Tolerance actually does exist on Broadway.

Diversity is more than just a buzzword to me. It's my life.

When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.