A Quote by M. Scott Peck
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
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We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.
As we form our individual opinions of our fellow man, let us base them on our similarities and not our differences.
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.
I do believe that the original sources of all religions should be taught, because with that we will find our similarities, not just our differences.
What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.
I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.
We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents and encouraged to marvel over facial similarities. We are told to take pride in our bloodlines, celebrate our ancestry.
Our similarities bring us to a common ground;
Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.
Russia is a very different place than what we in the West are familiar with. We cannot apply our own values and judgments to the country. We need to have greater compassion and understanding and recognize that our similarities are greater than our differences.
Before our race, nationality, or religion, we are all human beings. Let's celebrate our differences and not fight over them.
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
It is in seeing ourselves whole that we can begin to see ways of working out our differences, of understanding our similarities and of finally forming the cohesive nation that can one day experience the 'domestic tranquility' so hoped for by the framers of the Constitution.
In contrast to the values of morality, which depend on and encourage our similarities to each other, values like friendship or beauty depend on and encourage our differences. Ultimately, friendship is essential to our fashioning ourselves in ways that don't simply repeat the fashions of our surroundings: it is a mechanism of individuality.
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