Mena Massoud Quotes

I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences.

I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know?

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

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.

Hawaii is a special place because we have a very diverse population there, who are very respectful and tolerant of those who have differing opinions and different views.

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

I do not think the American peoples are idiots. They are a very playful and sensitive people! I know them!

You've got to respect people; you've got to understand where they come from. We know where people in Oklahoma come from - that's why we get along.

One of the lines from my books is about having respect for different minds, and if I had to have an epitaph at this point in my life, that would be it.

All the lessons of psychiatry, psychology, social work, indeed culture, have taught us over the last hundred years that it is the acceptance of differences, not the search for similarities which enables people to relate to each other in their personal or family lives.

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

We need a cohesive society that is tolerant.

Tolerance actually does exist on Broadway.

You have to laugh at yourself. I do a lot of humor about all ethnicities that are at the show - Latinos, Asians, Indians... What I say is, 'We're laughing together. I'm laughing with you, not at you.' Never say, 'Oh, I'm better than you.'

Eurovision is this bubble of inclusivity and respect, and it's so beautiful, if only the whole world would be in this bubble. It is a family that will never forget about you.

I think living in the U.S. it has given me an outsider's perspective on South Africa, and something that makes South Africans shine is our warm heartedness, and how we welcome and accept everyone, we are truly a nation of community, who embraces diversity.

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.

Acceptance is the only thing you should teach. Be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Dalit, you must inculcate acceptance, not tolerance.

I think we Chinese are just as capable, as diligent, as hardworking, as peace-loving, and as creative as people everywhere.

It comes from within to not be ashamed of our brothers and sisters who have accents.

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.

A lot of kids can't identify with the things I've done and where I'm from and who I am as an individual. That's why I've tried to be a person and live my life in a way that can be identified by all cultures.

Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.

You think the only people who are people, Are the ones who look and think the way you do, But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, You'll learn the things you never knew you never knew... You can own the Earth and still, All you'll own is earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind.