31 Quotes About Pluralism

Really, existentialism is a plural term. It just doesn't have an "s" on the end

The lights became stars, which became streaks in the grayspace, and then networks of fading shimmers

...one family's most beloved recipes can become a delicious cornerstone as humanity builds a more pluralistic world where the best pieces of every culture can be enjoyed.

It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.

Do you know that those who preach pluralism and human rights,cannot give those rights to the Din of Islam?Those who preach democracy throughout the globe cannot give it to the Palestinians -lest Israel should cry!

[...] pluralism implies religious tolerance, not unchecked religious freedom.

Cosmopolitanism must manage the contradiction between its ethos of transcending ethnicity and its need for cultural diversity, which requires ethnic attachment. Bourne resolved this by splitting the world into two moral planes, one for a ‘parental’ majority who would be asked to shed their ethnicity and oppose their own culture, and the other for childlike minorities, who would be urged to embrace their heritage in the strongest terms.

The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

This stance makes no distinction between (1) the pluralistic standpoint of making sure people have equal rights and (2) the act of co-dependently making sure not to hurt anyone’s feelings, however irrational they may be. We need to stop that nonsense. Getting your feelings hurt, quite frankly, is the price of living a in a free society.