Acceptance is right. Kindness is right. Love is right. I pray, right now, that we're moving into a kinder time when prejudice is overcome by understanding; when narrow-mindedness, and narrow-minded bigotry is overwhelmed by open-hearted empathy; when the pain of judgmentalism is replaced by the purity of love.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker advocates for love and kindness to replace judgment and prejudice.
- In plain terms
- Replace hate and judgment with empathy and understanding.
- What can you take from it?
- Empathy overcomes prejudice better than anger.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can you show more empathy today?
- What prejudices need overcoming in your circle?
Another view
Idealistic appeals to love may not address systemic injustice directly.
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