At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

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

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

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

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

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

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

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