By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.

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

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

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

Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

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

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