#diversity

Watch other people for clues about who they are, not just clues about how much they are or are not like you. ↗

— Patti Digh

#diversity #pay-attention #life

If you currently travel abroad or plan to in the future, make sure you understand the cultural convention of the country that you are visiting. Particularly with regard to greetings. If someone gives you a weak hand-shake, don't grimace. If anyone takes your arm, don't wince. If you are in the Middle East and a person wants to hold your hand, hold it. If you are a man visiting Russia, don't be surprised when your male host kisses your cheek, rather than hand. All of these greetings are as natural as way to express genuine sentiments as an American handshake. I am honored when an Arab or Asian man offers to take my hand because I know that it is a sign of high respect and trust. Accepting these cultural differences is the first step to better understanding and embracing diversity. ↗

— Joe Navarro

#respect #sentiments #touch #nature

One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought. ↗

— David Miliband

#actually #almost #categories #countries #diversity

We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#comfort #continuing #diversity #freedom #full

If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court. ↗

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

#compelling #court #diversity #every #interest

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future. ↗

— Michael Palin

#around #believe #complexity #corner #diversity

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#embodiment #europe #itself

If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear. ↗

— Gene Roddenberry

#diversity #idic #tolerance #attitude

Be sure to enjoy language, experiment with ways of talking, be exuberant even when you don't feel like it because language can make your world a better place to live. ↗

— Deborah Levy

#experience

There is perhaps some hope to be derived from the fact that in most instances where an attempt to realize an ideal society gave birth to the ugliness and violence of a prolonged active mass movement the experiment was made on a vast scale and with a heterogeneous population. Such was the case in the rise of Christianity and Islam, and in the French, Russian and Nazi revolutions. The promising communal settlements in the small state of Israel and the successful programs of socialization in the small Scandinavian states indicate perhaps that when the attempt to realize an ideal society is undertaken by a small nation with a more or less homogeneous population it can proceed and succeed in an atmosphere which is neither hectic nor coercive. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#the-true-believer #experience