It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
- Topic: Diversity
- Location: Hawaii, Maui
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
More Quotes from Democritus
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Man is a universe in little.
Men should strive to think much and know little.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
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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.
Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.
Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.
Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.
Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.
If we are to achieve 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.
