If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
—Henry Clay, 1812Quotes
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
—Denis Diderot, 1774Strangers are an endangered species.
—Adrienne Rich, 1980Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCMany need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
—Samuel Johnson, 1751At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BCThis is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.
—Tony Blair, 2006France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
—Mark Twain, 1879To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
—William Hazlitt, 1823Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925A 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, 1946