All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

Such then is the human state, that to wish greatness for one’s country is to wish harm to one’s neighbors.

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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

Strangers are an endangered species.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

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

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

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

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.

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.