“What matters is the countless deeds of unknown people who lay the basis for the events of human history.”

“At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.”

“No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It’s rubbish. We have almost everything in common with everyone.”

“Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?”

“Isn’t it amazing how a person who was once just a stranger suddenly meant the world to you?”

“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”

“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”

“. . .sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows. Why is that?”
“Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.”