Alex Steffen Quotes

Diversity really means becoming complete as human beings - all of us. We learn from each other. If you're missing on that stage, we learn less. We all need to be on that stage.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for someone else or some other entities to do it for us.

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

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

I guess I just don't see America as separate from Vietnam or Ethiopia. This mentality of 'our team's better than yours' - it's a high school idea. My kids don't see those dividing lines, and I don't want to either.

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.

I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place. You realize that we're all different, but we're all the same. And if you think about it, it's a beautiful concept.

I love to work with performers that are very different to me.

You can be for someone without being against someone else.

Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your skin, we all stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people ran.

My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.

The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.

Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.

The world is far more interconnected today. Hence the need to understand each other is greater than ever before.

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.

One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.

I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.

Somebody had to shock the world and let people know how great we could be if we only put our biases aside.

Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.