David Levithan Quotes

Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, border, nor breed, nor birth When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!

We're all humans living on this tiny little rock, floating through space at, like, thousands of miles an hour. We should all just get along.

I'm human. As human as any Indian. And every Pakistani is as human as every Indian.

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family

In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.

We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself.

Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

Whether they hail from different cultures, countries or faiths, children are children.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

Equality and separation cannot exist in the same space.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

Society is unity in diversity.

I think the world is always going to be as diverse as it always has been.

In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.

South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.

There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.

The whole world is global. With the Internet, it's like we're all living in a small village. We're starting more and more to realize there is no difference, we can work together, we can put aside our differences and work on our similarities and be successful in that way.

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.