When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

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

Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.

When you name yourself, you always name another.

Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.

This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.

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

There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

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.

Strangers are an endangered species.