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

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

All of life is a foreign country.

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

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.

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.

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

Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.

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