Stranger Quotes

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It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors… — Maya Angelou
Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his… — Stephen Vincent Benet
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions;… — George Washington
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
I tell you one thing. If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn… — Sarada Devi
Compassion also brings us into the territory of mystery - encouraging us not just to see beauty, but perhaps also to look for the face… — Krista Tippett
Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world. — Warsan Shire
Life is a sleazy stranger, who looks vaguely familiar; flirting with a bimbo named disaster at the end of the bar. — Ani DiFranco
If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. — Billy Sunday
Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut-a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the hand of the… — Anzia Yezierska
Trust is a fragile thing. Once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom. But once trust is lost, it can be impossible to recover. Of course… — Mary Alice
He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger. — Saadi
Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England… — William Cowper
With no notice to the American people...this country entered the war...Stranger than the fact was the passive acceptance of it. — Garet Garrett
Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands. — Leonidas I
My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave vessel is dashed… — William Shakespeare
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the power of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion… — Albert Einstein
Outside among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives. — Marilyn Ferguson
To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with… — Walt Whitman

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