Neighbor Quotes

When the scientist talks about a “type”, he never means himself, but always his neighbor; preferably his poorer neighbor.

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.

Know thyself.

The villa’s and the chapel’s where I learned with little labor The way to love my fellow man And hate my next-door neighbor.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s house is ablaze.

If thou neglectest thy love to thy neighbor, in vain thou professest thy love to God; for by thy love to God, the love to thy neighbor is begotten, and by the love to thy neighbor, thy love to God is nourished.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors.

A good fence helpeth to keepe peace between neighbors; but let us take heed that we make not a high stone wall, to keepe us from meeting. (1640)

‘Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,’ However, no one should think he is guiltless when be bears false witness against himself, since the duty to love one’s neighbor is measured by the love of oneself, as it is written, “thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”