To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

Strangers are an endangered species.

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.

In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

I am a man: I consider nothing human alien to me.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.