The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

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

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

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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