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

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

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

When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.

Such then is the human state, that to wish greatness for one’s country is to wish harm to one’s neighbors.

There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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.

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.