Stranger Quotes

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Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend. — Simon Cowell
I cannot think of a single field in biology or medicine in which we can claim genuine understanding, and it seems to me the more… — Lewis Thomas
And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can… — Karen Armstrong
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent. — Homer
Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn. — Marcus Aurelius
As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers… — Judy Biggert
There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry. — Mark Twain
It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added,… — Samuel Johnson
I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made. — A. E. Housman
Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity. — Germaine Greer
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as… — Tom Glazer
[Concerning] the usual contempt with which an orthodox analytic group treats all outsiders and strangers ... I urge you to think of the young psychoanalysts… — Abraham Maslow
I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous. — Robert Breault
In a universe suddenly divested of illusion and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of… — Albert Camus
Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire — Confucius
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they… — Randall Munroe
Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion. — Marcus Aurelius
Existence cares. When I say God cares I mean that existence cares for you, it is not indifferent. Let this be the foundation of your… — Rajneesh
True Hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the center of… — Henri Nouwen

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