Quotes about common-humanity
common-humanity together working-together
We all do better when we work together William J. Clinton
common-humanity differences together
We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.
common-humanity interesting peaceful
The world has never truly had to develop an ethic of interdependence rooted in our common humanity. And if we do it, the 21st century will be the most interesting, exciting, peaceful era in history.
common-humanity cities differences
That may sound a big vague, but what has struck me in city after city is that despite our differences and diversity, there's a common humanity we all share. In many ways we're all searching and longing for the same things... Rob Bell
common-humanity giving understanding
The asking and the answering which history provides may help us to understand, even to frame, the logic of experience to which we shall submit. History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future. Robert Penn Warren
common-humanity kitchen spy
I stood there in the kitchen, watching her staring across the meadow still searching for her nemesis and I thought, suddenly, that this is all our lives - this is the one fact that applies to us all, that makes us what we are, our common mortality, our common humanity. One day someone is going to come and take us away: you don't need to have been a spy, I thought, to feel like this. William Boyd
common-humanity nuclear-disarmament race
The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth. Nuclear arms cannot bolster the security of any nation because they represent a threat to the security of the human race. These incredibly destructive weapons are an affront to our common humanity, and the tens of billions of dollars that are dedicated to their development and maintenance should be used instead to alleviate human need and suffering Oscar Arias
common-humanity race crime
We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of race and setting us against each other as oppressed and oppressor. That system committed a crime against humanity. Nelson Mandela
common-humanity tolerance grounded
We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.
common-humanity people diversity
It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognize the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity.
common-humanity forgiving together
We will only begin to forgive when we can look upon the wrongdoers as ourselves, neither better nor worse. We need to remember that we coexist as mortals in the world, together, the wronged and the wrongdoer, and that, in our common humanity, the situation could readily be reversed. Leo Buscaglia
common-humanity stronger prejudice
The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. Jimmy Carter
common-humanity common-sense world
The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity. Nancy Astor
common-humanity effort courageous
Dialogue starts from the courageous willingness to know and be known by others. It is the painstaking and persistent effort to remove all obstacles that obscure our common humanity. Daisaku Ikeda