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

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

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

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.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

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.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

When you name yourself, you always name another.

All of life is a foreign country.

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

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

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.