George Takei Quotes

Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.

It's not just about me. It's about all of us, accepting one another. We're all different... That's a good thing.

We must walk united with our differences: there is no other way to become one. This is the way of Jesus.

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.

Make the strangers welcome in this land, let them keep their languages and customs, for weak and fragile is the realm which is based on a single language or on a single set of customs

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall.

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.

If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.

We are for allowing difference and respecting difference until difference doesn't make a difference any more.

We don’t often take advantage of our American diversity, so why are we celebrating it so much.

America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity - the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.

My country is nothing if not diverse.

India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity.

Peace is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation of differences.

We are going forward with the idea of a multicultural , a multinational state, trying to live in unity, at the same time respecting our diversity...But we need to all come together so we can live united.

I have never altered my feelings towards individuals, as men or as women, whether they believe as I do or not. Can you live as neighbors with me? I can with you; and it is no particular concern of mine whether you believe with me or not.

We must embrace our differences, even celebrate our diversity. We must glory in the fact that God created each of us as unique human beings. God created us different, but God did not create us for separation. God created us different that we might recognize our need for one another. We must reverence our uniqueness, reverence everything that makes us what we are: our language, our culture, our religious tradition.

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.

I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant a lot to me.