Assimilation Quotes

55 quotes by 50 authors

In novels and autobiographies, the first positive move that the immigrant makes towards assimilation is to buy himself a suit of city clothes. — Jonathan Raban
America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our… — Nancy Pearcey
There is a single energy of God and the saints? they are living icons of Christ, being the same as He is, by grace rather… — Maximus the Confessor
Do you know how to digest your food? Do you know how to fill your lungs with air? Do you know how to establish, regulate… — Donald Curtis
We must have life building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas. — Swami Vivekananda
The old process of social assimilation used to be mainly about English new money - generated in London, the mucky, brassy North or the colonies… — Peter York
Life may be defined to be the power of self-augmentation or assimilation, not of self-nurture; for then a steam-engine over a coal-pit might be made… — Augustus William Hare
The activities of drawing, eating and drinking, all involve assimilations by the self of desirable elements from the world, a transfer of goodness from without… — Alain de Botton
I've assimilated the hit. I've passed along most of what I can and now I'm prepared to live with it. But in my opinion, prices… — Steve King
Assimilation is really a psychological process where you come to identify with a new country as yours. The ease of overseas travel and information access… — Mark Krikorian
By imitating the manners and the mode of life of the West,the Muslims are being gradually forced to adopt the Western moral outlook: for the… — Muhammad Asad
For the mind is capable of dealing with only one kind of food; it lives, grows and is nourished upon ideas only; mere information is… — Charlotte Mason
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society. — E L Doctorow
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction. — Heinrich Heine
What I'm primarily saying,' he says, 'is that this is a time for knowledge assimilation, not backstabbing. We learned a lesson, you and I. We… — George Saunders
Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few… — E. M. Forster
I believe Western culture -- rule of law, universal suffrage, etc. -- is preferable to Arab culture: that's why there are millions of Muslims in… — Mark Steyn
If the worker and his boss enjoy the same television program and visit the same resort places, if the typist is as attractively made up… — Herbert Marcuse
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. — Mahatma Gandhi
Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods. — David Harsanyi

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