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

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

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

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

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

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

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

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

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.

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

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