As we get
deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a
whole. -- Eknath Easwaran
A
human being is a part of the whole, called by us,
"Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences
himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated
from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of his
consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for
us, restricting us to our personal desires and to
affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task
must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening
our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able
to achieve this completely, but the striving for such
achievement is in itself a part of the liberation
and a foundation for inner security -- Albert
Einstein
Our
task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle
of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the
whole of nature and its beauty.
-- Albert
Einstein
"There
is the sky, which is all men's together..." -- Euripides (412 B.C.)
*
“...the
world is a giant community now. This excuse of distance, time, doesn’t work...We’re
all so connected. We can’t spend every second of our lives worrying about another
family miles away but we somehow have to factor it in where we can."
-- Ralph
Fiennes
"I
keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are
really good at heart." -- Anne Frank
*
We are
not going to be able to operate our spaceship earth successfully nor for much
longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to
be everybody or nobody. -- R.
Buckminster Fuller
*
"I
don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is vertical, so it's
humiliating. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It
respects the other and learns from the other. I have a lot to learn from other
people." -- Eduardo
Galeano
*
All
humanity is one undivided and indivisible family
"All
humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible
for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest
soul."
"It
is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards
himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere
business." -- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
*
Peace
is not unity in similarity but unity in diversity, in the comparison and conciliation
of differences -- Mikhail
Gorbachev
*
We
are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment. -- Herbie
Hancock
*
We
cannot afford to be separate. . . . We have to see that all of us are in the same
boat. -- Dorothy Height
I can not, and will
not judge, by what my eyes may see. For the skin on a man shall not reveal his
true identity. -- Robert M. Hensel
In
the dark, equality for all of mankind couldn't seem brighter. -- Robert M.
Hensel
"The minute
we become an integrated whole, we look through the same eyes and we see a whole
different world together." -- Azizah Al-Hibri
*
"Let
America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe." -- Langston
Hughes
"Toleration
is the best religion." -- Victor Hugo
All conflict is about difference;
whether the difference is race religion, or nationality… --
John Hume
*
Difference
is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should
therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference
is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect
for diversity. -- John
Hume
"As
we grow in awareness of one another – whether two people beginning a romance or
two disparate and far-removed strangers taking an interest in the other's culture
– a wonderful thing begins to happen: we begin to care for the other as if the
other is part of us. This is the magic of life that our ancient teachers have
bid us to see; the invisible filaments of interconnectedness that bind us together
in love and appreciation." -- Scott A. Hunt
This is peace with dignity. This is peace with commitment.
This is our gift to our peoples and the generations
to come…It will be real, as we open our hearts and minds
to each other.
-- King
Hussein of Jordan
"It
is in the shelter of each other that the people live."
-- Irish proverb
*
Our
flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow- red, yellow, brown,
black and white- and we're all precious in God's sight. ... -- Jesse
Jackson
"My hope is for
us to come together not only embracing shared beliefs and values, but acknowledging
our differences in ways that promote respect and appreciation. To ask for a shared
vision is a fair and legitimate human proposal; what is not fair and legitimate
is to dictate the ways on how we get there. If we are to emerge from the long
shadows that can engulf us, we must talk with each other, come to understand each
other, and renew ourselves and our perceptions of each other." -- Alma Abdul-Hadi
Jadallah
*
Peace
and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted
to pursue it. -- Thomas
Jefferson
"We
are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes
in his own behalf helps to mold the universe." -- Jerome K. Jerome
The
social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected
with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.
-- Pope John XXIII
"As
man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?"
-- Lyndon B. Johnson
