Universal Identity Quotes

Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast.

I no longer identify myself as Japanese or American but a 'citizen of the universe.'

Asked from what country he came, Diogenes the Cynic replied, "I am a citizen of the world.

I am a man who belongs to no one and who belongs to the whole world.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

When we suddenly awake to the realization that there is no barrier, and never has been, one realizes that one is all things mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, sun, moon, stars, universe are all oneself. There is no longer a division or barrier between myself and others, no longer any feeling of alienation or fear there is nothing apart from oneself and therefore nothing to fear. Realizing this results in true compassion. Other people and things are not seen as apart from oneself but, on the contrary, as one's own body.

Our true nationality is mankind.

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.

Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.

I consider myself a free man and a citizen of the world.

My goal is to be able to fill out one of those forms that asks 'Who are you?' and be able to just put 'Human being,' you know?

I don't think of myself as an American; I see myself as a human being.

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart

There is only one man in the world and his name is All Men. There is only one woman in the world and her name is All Women. There is only one child in the world and the child's name is All Children.

I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

We are not a nation, so much as a world; for unless we claim all the world for our sire, like Melchisedec, we are without father or mother.

No one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am demon and I am world, which is a tedious way of saying that I do not exist.

Man, through the cow, is enjoined to realize his identity with all that lives.

I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man, and therefore I am a god.

The children of God should not have any other country here below but the universe itself, with the totality of all the reasoning creatures it ever has contained, contains, or ever will contain. That is the native city to which we owe our love.

I think it is all about creating characters, mixing them up with the stars and the light-years, and coming back to Earth, because we're from this universe. We're not just New York or London; we're stars.