Differences Quotes

“Whatever is different about you is what makes you amazing. Others will try to homogenize you for their own comfort level, because God forbid discomfort. Fuck that. Do not bend yourself to make others feel taller.”
― Rose McGowan, Brave

“Out of difference can come the reinforcement of two important values. One is tolerance and the other is awareness that people who disagree over the things they hold dear really can live together in love and respect.”
― Fred Rogers, Many Ways to Say I Love You

“Well known how violent it is in the States. Worst you'll get here,' said Jack, 'is a good punch-up and maybe your car pushed over the cliff.”
― Annie Proulx, The Shipping News

“The world is filled with all kinds. Can't go around ignoring the suffering of others simply because someone looks different from what I've seen before.”
― G.A. Aiken, The Blacksmith Queen

“Having and authentic voice means that:

- We can openly share competence as well as problems and vulnerability.

- We can warm things up and calm them down.

- We can listen and ask questions that allow us to truly know the other person and to gather information about anything that may affect us.

- We can say what we think and feel, state differences, and allow the other person to do the same.

- We can define our values, convictions, principles, and priorities, and do our best to act in accordance with them.

- We can define what we feel entitled to in a relationship, and we can clarify the limits of what we will tolerate or accept in another’s behavior.

- We can leave (meaning that we can financially and emotionally support ourselves), if necessary.”
― Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate

“Forgiveness happens when you stop wishing for someone else to become what you want them to be.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“We learn how to disguise our differentness as we grow up. [She] doesn't know how to do that yet.”
― Annie Proulx, The Shipping News

“Let's disagree with each other most enthusiastically - let's annoy each other - let's bite each other's head off - but let's never hate each other and let's always stand together, no matter the differences.”
― Abhijit Naskar, All For Acceptance

“Even identical twins have their own differences.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Differences are healthy, there lies the scope for inquiry, and in inquiry lies the scope for learning. Differences turn unhealthy only when we make them the cause for hatred.”
― Abhijit Naskar, All For Acceptance

“I think of myself as somebody who is interested in the differences, the differences between straight society and gay, the differences between male and female, but all of those presuppose a set of similarities on which those differences have to be marked out. Beginnings and endings are the hardest parts for thinkers who utilize such structures.”
― Samuel R. Delany

“All conflict in the world is essentially about our differences in measurement.”
― Joseph Rain, The Unfinished Book About Who We Are

“We were from two different puzzles, yet still, we seemed to fit perfectly together.”
― Brittainy C. Cherry, Disgrace

“How dare Schlegels despise Wilcoxes, when it takes all sorts to make a world?”
― E.M. Forster, Howards End

“It was nice to be reminded that, for all their differences, there were occasional things that she and Jasnah shared.
She just wished that ignorance weren’t at the top of the list.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“See past all arguments - all thesis and anti-thesis - all opposites, and only then true productive insight of a phenomenon or a situation would manifest in your mind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana

“Što sam stariji, to polako ali sve jasnije shvaćam da su te vrste boli i patnje nužan dio života. Razmislite li o tome, shvatit ćete da je to tako jer se ljudi razlikuju jedni od drugih po tome što mogu slobodno donositi vlastite odluke i mišljenja.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“Turn your obstacles to your advantage. If you can find a plus out of a negative, then it cannot weigh you down. I like to think I have a superpower called dyslexia. I am creative, intuitive, and empathetic. I am great with problem-solving, and I can think outside the box. Just the other day, I was helping my daughter with a crossword puzzle, and she said, “Dad, how do you find the answers so fast? And I said, “I have dyslexia, and it helps me see things differently. To which she replied, “Aw, I want that.” If we can see our differences or unique qualities as gifts, we can bypass the stigmas that come with them and impress upon ourselves and society we can do anything any other person can do, just differently, and sometimes better.”
― Lorin Morgan-Richards

“The thing about looking for differences is that once you look, you find them.”
― Evelynn Hammonds

“External differences do not determine the value of something”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Danger Of Monoculturalism In The XXI Century

“People are drawn to the idea of superiority on the basis of their external differences”
― Sunday Adelaja, The Danger Of Monoculturalism In The XXI Century

“If we slow down and take the time to listen every soul we encounter can teach us something new. Wisdom comes in every shape and size and color and language and form imaginable. The only true limitation is our own inability to see and hear and understand the infinite beauty and wisdom of the human spirit, regardless of its packaging.”
― L.R. Knost

“The historical account we have presented so far indicates that any approach based on historical determinism—based on geography, culture, or even other historical factors—is inadequate. Small differences and contingency are not just part of our theory; they are part of the shape of history.”
― Daron Acemoğlu

“It's okay to be weird”
― Evie Sparkes, Wishful Thinking: Maddie Beaven Could Make Things Happen - Definitely Not A Law of Attraction Book..Maybe, Sort of

“It's not supposed to work that way," her brother said.

Marilyn just looked at him. She didn't think he was right about that. She thought there were a lot of different ways that things could work.”
― Michelle Knudsen, Marilyn's Monster

“Все, кто стали заниматься йогой, перестали есть мясо, травить себя алкоголем и табаком, тут же превратились в «белых ворон». Их перестает понимать общество, родные и близкие, сверяющие свои идеи с накатанным пластом километров кинопленки, программным телепродуктом, пошлыми заголовками газет и журналов.”
― Андрей Левшинов, Живая пища. Сыроедение: энергетика, психология.

“Both the challenge and the spice of relationships is in people's differences. Occasional frustration is the price of admission.”
― Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen

“Scholars in a great many disciplines focus their studies on human beings. The main differences between the disciplines are not the objects of their study nor even the methods they use, but the points of view that guide their inquiries.”
― Paul G. Hiebert, Cultural Anthropology

“Two Englishmen meeting for the first time instantly seek the differences between them, the doubts and reservations, the message in the other’s accent.”
― Clifford Thurlow, Operation Jihadi Bride: My Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS - The Incredible True Story

“Intolerance in the 23rd century? Improbable! If man survives that long, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear. It's a manifestation of the greatness that god, or whatever it is, gave us. This infinite variation and delight, this is part of the optimism we built into Star Trek. ~Gene Roddenberry”
― Stephen E. Whitfield, The Making of Star Trek