John Wesley Quotes

A wise man’s country is the world.

I profess myself a citizen of the world, totally unfettered by the little, mean distinctions of climate or of country, which diminish the benevolence of the heart and set bounds to philanthropy.

I've lived many places all over the world, so I've always seen myself as a citizen of the world.

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers.

The whole world is a man's birthplace.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

I consider myself to be a citizen of the world.

I am as much a citizen of the world as I am of my country.

All the human kind is but one family, dispersed over the face of the whole earth; all men are brothers, and ought to love each other as such.

My parents always instilled in me to be a citizen of the world, so that's why I've taken to traveling and why it's such a huge part of my life.

The only real nation is humanity

On the contrary, I'm a universal patriot, if you could understand me rightly: my country is the world.

Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots.

I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

The art of loving creates the unity which has unlimited spiritual strength, and that is the greatest need in the world today, and each and every one of us can make such a difference if we become humble, if we develop a service attitude rather than an exploitative attitude, if we develop the broad mind to see the oneness and to learn to love all living beings.

Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one's country which is not part of one's love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.

The whole world is my family.

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.

Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all other lands. The interests, rights, and liberties of American citizens are no more dear to us than are those of the whole human race. Hence we can allow no appeal to patriotism, to revenge any national insult or injury.

The intelligent and good man holds in his affections the good and true of every land -- the boundaries of countries are not the limitations of his sympathies. Caring nothing for race, or color, he loves those who speak other languages and worship other gods. Between him and those who suffer, there is no impassable gulf. He salutes the world, and extends the hand of friendship to the human race. He does not bow before a provincial and patriotic god -- one who protects his tribe or nation, and abhors the rest of mankind.

Thinking men and women the world over are beginning to realize that patriotism is too narrow and limited a conception to meet the necessities of our time.