Nothing disrupts dehumanization more quickly than inviting someone over, looking into their eyes, hearing their voice, and listening.

In order to appreciate and respect diversity we must first recognize and embrace our humanity.

I long for the day when people embrace our common humanity and respect diversity.

They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?

We smell the roses because we don’t want to smell our own humanity.

[...] and after those big strokes, what's to tell? We run out of things that make us individual very quickly; all of us have far more in common than we do not have in common.