Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

Strangers are an endangered species.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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.

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.

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

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.

I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

All of life is a foreign country.