At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

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.

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

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

Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.

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

Strangers are an endangered species.

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

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

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.

In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.