Abhijit Banerjee Quotes

Before the human race today there are only two roads: War or brotherhood.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

I would say it's human nature to be ignorant and go straight to war, but 'Sense8' tries to illuminate the positive side of humanity.

We [people] need to stop lumping folks together and start living together. Otherwise, we're going to kill each other off because you don't believe what I believe. That's crazy.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure.

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

With violence, as with so many other concerns, human nature is the problem, but human nature is also the solution.

If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.

You cannot reason with people who don't recognize the humanity in all of us.

Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts.

Ignorance is a menace to peace.

We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love.

When you boil war down or all conflict down to two people, it's a great advert for humanity sometimes. People can find connections with each other, regardless of the bigger picture.

I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.

History is not hatred.

The human heart is the same the world over.

We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.

Anybody who resorts to violence will have no friends in the United States.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood. To hate a man because he was born in another land, because he speaks a different language, or because he has different views is a great folly. Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human….Let us have but one end in view – the welfare of humanity.