Inclusivity Quotes

“The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history.”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

“The customary way for white people to think about the topic of race—and it is only a topic to white people—is to ask, “How would it be if I were black?”…..

The way to approach it, I think, is…to seriously consider what it is like to be white.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“The human heart is too grand to be wasted in the gutter of cultural exclusivity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“My Pronoun is People
(Inclusivity Sonnet, 1266)

My pronoun is people,
I'm divergent, yet invincible.
I am straight, I am queer;
I am civilian, I am seer.
Spirit of life, I - am universal!

Call me disabled or differently able,
Call me collective or individual.
Fleshly forms I've got plenty,
All run by same love and liberty -
Culture supreme is inclusion.

Each heart is a shelter for another,
Each life is sanctuary for another.
Blasting all traditions of divide
into cinders with knowledge-dynamite,
we shall emerge as each other's keeper.

You ask, what am I - I say, I am human,
Better yet, I'm human's idea of a human.
I am but the human absolute -
morally unbending 'n divinely cute -
ever evolving testament to expansion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“My pronoun is people,
I'm divergent, yet invincible.
I am straight, I am queer;
I am civilian, I am seer.
Spirit of life, I - am universal!

Call me disabled or differently able,
Call me collective or individual.
Fleshly forms I've got plenty,
All run by same love and liberty -
Culture supreme is inclusion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“It is only when you retreat from discomfort that the learning stops.”
― Minette Norman, The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform Your Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within

“Inclusive leadership requires us to hear information and viewpoints that often will make us uncomfortable.”
― Minette Norman, The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform Your Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within

“As a boldly inclusive leader, you will need to counteract the natural human tendency to hear only the voices you most easily connect with.”
― Minette Norman, The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform Your Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within

“It takes so little effort to make people feel seen and cared about.”
― Minette Norman, The Boldly Inclusive Leader: Transform Your Workplace (and the World) by Valuing the Differences Within

“Culture supreme is inclusion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“All is one, one is all.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sleepless for Society

“My heart is yours, your heart is mine.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sleepless for Society

“Accessibility is a right, a right largely denied and disregarded in India.”
― Dr. Kalyan Kankanala, Young Intellectuals: Intellectual Property Insights

“Leave your creed, crown and constitution, when you enter my door.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“So long as there is exclusivity,
You can never emerge a human being.
Abandon divide, adopt but life;
Contain the world in your chest as kin.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Light of inclusivity will wipe out tears,
All spell of heritage shall break apart.
Shatter the slumber of convenient coldness,
Burn up the hate in a monsoon of love!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Togetherness is the light,
Separateness is night.
Hand in hand at heart,
Enhanced by taintless trust,
We wake up to real civil sight.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“The paradox of wokeism is that, in its quest for inclusivity, it often becomes exclusionary, shutting down conversations deemed uncomfortable or offensive. This narrowing of acceptable discourse harms the essence of free speech, as it places arbitrary boundaries on what can be said or joked about. Comedy, in particular, serves as a barometer for societal norms and challenges our preconceptions. Suppressing comedic expression not only hampers artistic freedom but also stifles the very laughter that can bridge divides and foster understanding.”
― James William Steven Parker

“Tears speak the same tongue
wherever they are shed.
Smiles speak the same tongue
wherever they are cracked.

Neither tear nor smile
discriminates between mind and mind,
then why do you encourage division,
why should mind be separate from mind!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“What is Naskar (The Sonnet)

Naskar is a culture unto themselves,
Naskar is a nation unto themselves.
Naskar is a planet unto themselves,
Naskar is a paradigm unto themselves.

Naskar culture is integration,
Naskar nation is world nation.
Naskar planet is borderless,
Naskar paradigm is undivision.

Naskar is not a he or she,
Naskar is the whole of humanity.
Naskar is neither east nor west,
Naskarosphere is conscious unity.

Naskar is just a lesser synonym,
The original name is Human Being.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Naskar culture is integration,
Naskar nation is world nation.
Naskar planet is borderless,
Naskar paradigm is undivision.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Thou art my shield and reliance,
O God, my Lord,
Upon Thee do I wish to build,
Forsake me nevermore.
That I may indeed remain faithful,
Thy servant at every moment,
Drive away the tyranny
That pierces my heart.”
― Martinus Adolf

“Diversity is an act of nature,
Inclusion is an act of mind.
Diversity is the presence of light,
Inclusion is the celebration of light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Diversity is the presence of light, Inclusion is the celebration of light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“How come we can fit the world in our pocket, but not in our heart!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“United we are heroes,
divided we are ashes.
Inclusive we are alive,
exclusive we are dead.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Instead of looking at accommodations as a barrier, an inconvenience, see those shifts and changes as getting one step closer to all the compromises being made every minute of the day by a person with autism.”
― Carrie Rogers-Whitehead, Serving Teens and Adults on the Autism Spectrum: A Guide for Libraries

“Allowing our circles to be fluid and inclusive boosts creativity.”
― Laurie E. Smith

“I always thought I wanted to be one of them
when really all I needed was to be fully me.”
― Richard Silvia, Cultivate Curiosity

“...there are so many creatures here, could there be another like me?”
― E. K. Mosley, The Last Stardog