“...we're also extremely sensitive to the difference between literacy and ideology. It is our belief that the first helps to thwart intolerance,… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe; a part limited in time and space. He experiences… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
True security is based on people's welfare - on a thriving economy, on strong public health and education programmes, and on fundamental… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I think Cruella is evil, because she's the devil. But all the other characters, I was able to find a common humanity… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
“Teaching social science is at its best meant assisting students in making connections across time and place, both seeking common humanity and… — Mike Rose Copy Share Image
“If I tell these private thoughts of mine, it is because I know they are not mine alone, and that practically everyone… — Eugène Ionesco Copy Share Image
“Dead strangers evoked a smorgasbord of the lesser emotions and served as marvelous educational tools, warnings, and veiled threats. When an acquaintance… — Nevada Barr Copy Share Image
We need to reduce military budgets; raise living standards; engender respect for learning; support science, scholarship, invention, and industry; promote free inquiry;… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The asking and the answering which history provides may help us to understand, even to frame, the logic of experience to which… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
Creating harmony amidst diversity is a fundamental issue of the twenty-first century. While celebrating the unique characteristics of different peoples and cultures,… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Part of people's concern is just the sense that around the world the old order isn't holding and we're not quite yet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Love for others and respect for their rights and their human dignity, irrespective of who or what they are, no matter what… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
I stood there in the kitchen, watching her staring across the meadow still searching for her nemesis and I thought, suddenly, that… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
I'm the type of individual that I enjoy watching any different cultural lives, and I see the common humanity even though the… — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
And that's why books are never going to die. It's impossible. It's the only time we really go into the mind of… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Ignorant of history, we find it easy to accept our isolation from one another. We are more able to recognize differences than… — Linda Simon Copy Share Image
“Back then, Black churches were a small piece of peace. Church was a world where, even with its imperfections, the offer of… — Janelle Gray Copy Share Image
The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become… — Francois Pinault Copy Share Image
The world has never truly had to develop an ethic of interdependence rooted in our common humanity. And if we do it,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
We will only begin to forgive when we can look upon the wrongdoers as ourselves, neither better nor worse. We need to… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Striving for equality and working together with people different from us is what America is all about, because beneath our differences we… — Kevin Faulconer Copy Share Image
The world only makes sense to me given my life and my background if, in fact, we're not just an assortment of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people,… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
Making a good meal for someone, even if it is nothing complicated, is an expression of love: it is an invitation to… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
'Going home' is a journey to the heart of who we are, a place where we can be ourselves and welcome the… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
As an anthropologist, I believe strongly in our common humanity. We can rise above the tribal divisions that have caused so much… — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on… — Alison Assiter Copy Share Image
ISIS is a terrorist entity whose barbarities have been condemned by all those who value our common humanity. In the current political… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
“Maureen didn’t know what to say so she told the truth. “You’re frightening me,” she shouted. Inness stopped still. “I didn’t mean… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together and speak to one another and share a common… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Since I move about with you, eat like you, and talk with you, you are deluded in the belief that this is… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
At the southern tip of the continent, a rich reward is in the making, an invaluable gift is in the preparation, for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest challenges today is the relationship between unity and diversity. If we don't have a sense of what holds… — Gedeon Naudet Jules Naudet Copy Share Image
“There are those who talk of the evil spirit of the woods. But for me there is only one evil spirit of… — H.E. Bates Copy Share Image
