Quotes of the Week 7: On Diversity
"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place."
- Margaret Mead
"But diversity could just as well represent an opportunity as a
problem. Difference is the wellspring of innovation. People who see
the world differently have fresh ideas and see new possibilities."
- Peter Senge
"In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival."
- Rene Dubos
"For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us."
- Donald Williams
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”
- Maya Angelou
" If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
- John F. Kennedy