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

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

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

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.

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.

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

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

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

When you name yourself, you always name another.

All of life is a foreign country.