Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

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

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

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

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

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

This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

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.

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

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