All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.

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.

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

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

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

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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

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

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

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

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