Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.

Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.

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.

Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

Pluralism, democracy, unity, respect all mean nothing because on the ground, we hate each other

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers on its members the benefits of socially accumulated knowledge.

It’s really important that the entire policymaking establishment understands the country they’re making policy abound sees it throughs the eyes of the people in it, not just through our eyes.

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

I just want to open people's eyes to different things.

When I help a farmer, I don't differentiate between them based on their region, as farmers have no borders. I want to live like a world citizen and react like a human being.

Differences of opinion are healthy and they're a part of what makes our democracy great. We grow by understanding each other's differences.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

The more I can learn about music, the more I learn about other things.

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

As we form our individual opinions of our fellow man, let us base them on our similarities and not our differences.

I have one major rule: Everybody is right. More specifically, everybody — including me — has some important pieces of truth, and all of those pieces need to be honored, cherished, and included in a more gracious, spacious, and compassionate embrace.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

What we do not understand we have no right to judge

What we have learned from other becomes our own reflection.