To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

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

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

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

Strangers are an endangered species.

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

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

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.

There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.

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

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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.