Theodore Bikel Quotes

We should accept diversity and pluralism and learn to live in them, and learn how to grow in them, without losing our identity and compromising ourselves

Believing in each culture's right to be understood by the other party without any form of falseness or distortion is paramount.

The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom.

There's a lot of people in this world, and it's important to learn about them.

My generation, we're so diverse in so many ways.

Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood, something sufficiently different to provoke attention, and something great enough to command admiration. We must not expect, however, all the virtues.

I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.

The opportunity here in the U.S. is so unique because we are so diverse, with so many different cultures living together. Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists, all with their own connections to the spiritual aspects of food and with lessons that we can learn from each other.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women.

God did not burden the United States with a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and religions, He blessed America with them.

I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.

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

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

I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same.

As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.

Being from Israel and a Jew is complex already, but with France, there is a freedom and a mix of culture. I have met musicians from all over the world.

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.

I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.

Above all there is our fixed joint determination to build a strong and united Fiji, rich in diversity and pampered with tolerance, goodwill and understanding.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order

Learn to understand the culture of those that you wish to influence.

I am the President of Arabs and Druse as well as Jews.