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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

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

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.