Fred Rogers Quotes

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

We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.

I think that is important, to not make people feel alien.

I needed our fans to know they're loved and accepted, and fear isn't the way to go.

If we could truly experience one another, we could end bigotry.

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.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

Throughout my work is the idea, over and over, that we must all learn to respect one another.

Our goal should be to understand our differences.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

We need not think alike to love alike.

I love being the mayor of a city that is not defined by the hate filled act of a killer, but is defined by the way we respond: The Love and Compassion and Unity.

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

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

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

What I write comes from a place of deep love, and a deep understanding of all kinds of otherness.

I'm hopeful for a world with more love, acceptance, and compassion for others.

Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.

We're not called to be a tolerant nation. We're called to be a nation of love.

We are all neighbors. And we must love neighbors as ourselves.

I think for me, as a gay person, I can convince a lot more people to be for gay marriage by not screaming at them and berating them and embarrassing them and belittling them, but by showing them that we're all exactly the same.