The reason man does not experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has little basis for validating his own self.

We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own culture.

It is never possible to understand completely any other human being; and no individual will ever really understand himself - the complexity is too great and there is not the time to constantly take things apart and examine them.

Two points that are very important points to remember and ask: Is it real and does it work?

We are only peripherally tied to the lives of others. It takes a long long time for us to become deeply involved with others, and for some this never happens.

Now, you can't tell me, we have the only God in the whole world. You can't tell me that nobody else has God.

The reason man does not experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has little basis for validating his own self.