Ben Carson Quotes

My purpose has broadened. My purpose now is to help as many people rise as possible, and it doesn't matter whether they're women or men. But that sense of value that we have as individuals, I think informs us and helps us to treat each other better.

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

We can learn from everybody.

Whenever we make it over the threshold, we have to reach back and help others.

It's very important to be curious in a very universal way. Whether someone is poor or rich, I'm curious about everything.

Hillary Clinton has made it clear over and over again that we are at our best when we lift people up; we should be leaving no one behind. That is not always her home base, but it's always part of what she says.

I don't think I necessarily try to help women; I just try to help people.

We can learn from everybody, man.

I love all men and women. I am a lover of humanity, not a hater. … I have been immoral, drunk, high. I ran with the wicked people for 28 years and I have run with the Jesus people since and the contrast is astounding.

We see differences in people and seem to be afraid of people. The black or white or gay or straight - I don't necessarily look for differences but for similarities. We need to be looking out for each other.

The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.

It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.

That's the person I plan on being for a very long time: someone who stands up, someone who is an advocate for people, [even if it's for] something that some people think is only hair. I think it's more than just that. I want to be a spokesperson for self-love and for diversity.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

The work that must be done for each woman to reconnect with her psyche and to give herself a chance to live her own life is essentially the same. The realization of the equality of all races, the equality of all beings is essential.

I have a pretty diverse audience, and that makes me happy - laughter is universal, and I don't differentiate between people at all. Why should I? People are people. There's no reason why one person can't relate to any other person on this planet in some way or another.

You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.

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.

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

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else.

I also have a role model back in New Zealand, a woman called Miranda Harcourt. She's an actress and a writer. Her willingness to stay open to material is really great. I read a lot, and I try to watch and listen to diverse material.

I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've also done a lot of work for Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS. I think it's important because, when we can be of service to others, it only enhances our lives. I've been helped a lot in my life.