Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BCQuotes
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.
—Euripides, 431 BCNo man has any natural authority over his fellow man.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
—Henry Clay, 1812I do desire we may be better strangers.
—William Shakespeare, 1600In 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, 1988The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
—L.P. Hartley, 1953Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.
—Albert Einstein, 1929A 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, 1946To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
—Denis Diderot, 1774