I AM A WORLD CITIZEN

If I think that Japan alone is “my country,” then I will be disappointed. However, I am a world citizen, not just a citizen of Japan. … If I think that only Japanese are “my brothers,” then I will be disappointed. However, if I consider all men who recognize truth as truth and falsehood as falsehood … to be “my brothers,” I need not be disappointed. The Boers … The Filipino Tagalogs … The Finns … they too are my brothers. … As long as all within the Four Seas are brothers, whatever is good in other countries will come to ours sooner or later.

UCHIMURA KANZO