Christopher Eccleston Quotes

It was just normal for me growing up with a family member with severe Down Syndrome. It was completely normal. She was just Auntie Linda. I loved her and she loved me. She had a spirit that was just positive. For me it taught me tolerance and acceptance of all human beings.

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

I get mail from people all over the world now from people who tell me that they didn't really understand Down syndrome, but because of me they have read about it and studied it and now they know a lot more about it.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Education, Love & Acceptance are the First Steps to Breaking Down Barriers

My dear compatriots, I'm not interested in your race, your origin, your sexual orientation. What interests me is your happiness.

Nurturing an inclusive culture begins in the family. Home is the first place to foster openness and a culture of inclusion.

'Laramie' is a way in to replacing any hate in your heart with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.

Embrace the humanity of everyone, especially those you don't understand.

I want people to be more accepting.

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.

My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.

It is our responsibility to find God in someone who is different from us. I think that God basically says, 'I created diversity on purpose, and it is your responsibility to figure out how to make it work.'

We can be more inclusive.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

There's nothing wrong with being a cop. There's nothing wrong with being a white person. It's about where your heart is... We've got to get everyone beyond the xenophobic isolationism.

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

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

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.