Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”
—Evelyn Waugh, 1938Quotes
One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
—E.B. White, 1958Strangers are an endangered species.
—Adrienne Rich, 1980Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850In 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.
—Francis Grose, 1787Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.
—Miriam Makeba, 1988Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BCIt’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.
—Maya Angelou, 2011Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCA criminal may improve and become a decent member of society. A foreigner cannot improve. Once a foreigner, always a foreigner. There is no way out for him.
—George Mikes, 1946I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.
—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1940All of life is a foreign country.
—Jack Kerouac, 1949