Strangers are an endangered species.
—Adrienne Rich, 1980Quotes
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.
—Albert Einstein, 1929At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
—Søren Kierkegaard, 1850I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1962Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.
—Miriam Makeba, 1988It’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.
—Maya Angelou, 2011All of life is a foreign country.
—Jack Kerouac, 1949We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
—Oscar Wilde, 1887Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746I am a man: I consider nothing human alien to me.
—Terence, 163 BCNo man has any natural authority over his fellow man.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762