Albert Schweitzer Quotes

What I do is I always try to educate myself about my neighbors, about the people I meet.

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.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

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.

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

By being friends with all, we are not alone.

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

I enjoy playing people that are totally different than me.

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

I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.

I think it doesn't matter, the color of your skin; it doesn't matter where you are from. It matters how you relate to people, how you connect with people, and the open-mindedness with which you approach the subject. That's to me what matters when you are making a film, not who you are or where you are from.

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.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

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

I'm not against anybody. I'm really not. I'm not a hater. I'm not homophobic. I honestly don't care what people do personally in their individual lives.

Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent.

I like people.

What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!

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

Quilliam will remain a priority for me because its values shape my beliefs and outlook.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

What makes a fulfilling relationship or fulfilling life is not simply found in another. It's found in a group of others.

I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an open-minded love of diversity.

If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right for anyone else, the world would be a much happier place.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.