Quotes about Inclusion

Up to now we have been more in love with elitism than with any egalitarianism; we liked being the "one," but just did not know how to include the many in that very One.

We are driven, kicking and screaming, toward ever higher levels of union and ability to include (to forgive others for being "other"), it seems to me. "Everything that rises must converge," as Teilhard de Chardin put it.

If God only used perfect people, nohting would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

God has never made a person he didn't love. Everybody matters to him.

He wants to be included in every activity, every conversation, every problem, and even every thought.

Accept each other just as Christ has accepted you; then God will be glorified.

God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.

True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection.

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

We must find a way to do more than survive. We must fulfill our roles. Build a place for us within the society that seeks to exclude us. We must find our own path. A new path. One that allows us to grow and build a future for our children and give us hope.

We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.

No human being is illegal.