Joe Gebbia Quotes

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.

Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

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.

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

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

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

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

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.

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.

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

One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.

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

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

I'm pretty open to all walks of life.

It is my goal to love everyone. I hate no one. Regardless of their race, religion, their proclivities, the desire of their heart and how they want to live their life and the decisions that they make. I can even respect people's decisions and lifestyle choices just as I hope they have the courtesy to respect my decisions and my choices.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

If you come from a place of love, and you're not saying, 'I'm better than you,' that's one thing that allows you to talk about different ethnicities. It's almost like laughing with each other.

Tolerance is common sense in a pluralistic society.

The more we can be in a relationship with those who might seem strange to us, the more we can feel like we're neighbors and all members of the human family.

When we're talking about diversity, it's not a box to check. It is a reality that should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.