Jake Johnson Quotes

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

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

I believe many of our country's differences stem from the lack of genuine appreciation of the cultures and religious traditions and beliefs of our various communities.

Believing in each culture's right to be understood by the other party without any form of falseness or distortion is paramount.

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.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

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 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.

My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor.

In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.

The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don't think that we use that. We don't talk about our strengths. I mean, having so many diverse people in this country from all aspects of all over the world, and we don't use that. I think we should talk about who we are - that melting pot that we've become.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.

In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.

We live in a global society today where all our cultures intermingle.

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 Malays are spiritually inclined, tolerant and easy-going. The non-Malays, and especially the Chinese, are materialistic, aggressive and have an appetite for work. For equality to come about, it is necessary that these strikingly contrasting races adjust to each other

The main hope of harmony in our troubled world lies rather in the plurality of our identities, which intertwine with each other and are resistant to drastic divisions

I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave.

I make it my business to be around people that don't look like me or think like me or act like me. I want to learn from them.

In a pluralistic society like ours, I think the ability to resist hate comes from cultivating a civil society that, on the one hand, nurtures the freedom of each group to pursue their faith and distinctive way of life, while, at the same time, fostering the ties that bind us together into a genuine broader community.

I was lucky to grow up in a culturally diverse area knowing a lot of different people from all different walks of life.

We must never forget that Singapore is home for all races and this harmonious relationship must not be taken for granted.