Max von Sydow Quotes

Speech is civilization itself.

Everyone must have a voice, and everyone deserves clarity.

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

Labels are for cans, not people.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard.

I don't care who you love. If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn't have to hide who you are.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

We are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as human beings. We are fighting for human rights.

Experience tells us that people are not born with the innate ability nor the wish to see the Other as an equal individual in society. Pride in one’s separate identity can be so strong that it obscures the intrinsic value of other identities. Pluralism is a value that must be taught.

To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.

To me, race is not all about grievance. It is also about pride and empathy and humanity and understanding the value of difference. But along with that, there are also expectations that we should set for ourselves and for others. We should expect to be treated as equal citizens.

I want to give something to the world that I feel I missed out on as a child, and I want to help people of all races, ethnicities, and orientations understand that no matter what differences we may think we have, everyone is a human, and everyone deserves to be respected and valued.

I think Pride, it means ultimately, finally, being able to live with freedom in some ways. Or, at least, that's what we're striving for.

Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.

I'm trying to communicate with other people about humanity and stuff, man!

Language is very important to me.

The key to empowerment is no more complicated than what Jesse Jackson said, 'We are somebody.' But the 'We are somebody' I would like to be in the larger sense: not just the urban African-American but homo sapiens in general - We are somebody.

We've got to find a way to use our identities to reach other people.

I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More I cannot say.

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.

Speech is the mark of humanity. It is the normal terminus of thought.

What you say is who you are. How you say it is your style.

The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression.

There's a voice in all of us, and you can only get expressive through words. There's a limit to what you can do without speaking.