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

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

Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

In 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.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

A 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.

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

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