Herbie Hancock Quotes

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.

Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

For most people, using the Internet broadens their sense of who 'we' is and actually ends up leaving us in a place of greater compassion and understanding. It leaves us more connected to a larger group of people and more at one with a lot more people in our community.

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!

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

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

I think the world is always going to be as diverse as it always has been.

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot.

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.

I don't believe in frontiers, and I don't believe in races or nationalities.

I've traveled around the world, and what's so revealing is that, despite the differences in culture, politics, language, how people dress, there is a universal feeling that we all want the same thing. We deeply want to be respected and appreciated for our differences.

Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.

A truly common culture is not one in which we all think alike, or in which we all believe that fairness is next to godliness, but one in which everyone is allowed to be in on the project of cooperatively shaping a common way of life.

We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.

I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.

This is a country where Jews and Arabs speak without fear. Where people come from different cultures the world over. Where everyone becomes Brazilian rapidly.

The fact that societies are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious is good. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.

If we want to be members of the world community, we need to think that way.