#divers

Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#anthropology #anything #call #diverse #done

I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#i #i think #more #moving #point

Until one nation ceases its attempts to dominate another, there will never be true freedom. Until one religion relinquishes its quest to prove its god superior to that of another, there shall never be world peace. We will never truly prosper or experience lasting harmony, until we refrain from preaching the gospel of our own moral values and our personal preferences by forcing it upon others. ↗

— Anthon St. Maarten

#coercion #controlling #diversity #extremism #freedom

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. ↗

— Johannes Kepler

#fresh #great #heavens #hidden #human

For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome. ↗

— Ron Kind

#against #america #asian #because #black

I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#biodiversity #book #conserving #how #i

The developing science departs at the same time more and more from its original scope and purpose and threatens to sacrifice its earlier unity and split into diverse branches. ↗

— Felix Klein

#departs #developing #diverse #earlier #into

Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased. ↗

— Joe Klein

#american life #any #array #been #come

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength. ↗

— Carson Kressley

#being different #different #diversity #feel #idea

The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity. ↗

— U Thant

#goal #make #only #safe #today