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1 " Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. "
― , The Holy Bible: King James Version
2 " Caring for the poor, resting on the Sabbath, showing hospitality and keeping the home—these are important things that can lead us to God, but God is not contained in them. "
― Rachel Held Evans , A Year of Biblical Womanhood
3 " Christian hope frees us to act hopefully in the world. It enables us to act humbly and patiently, tackling visible injustices in the world around us without needing to be assured that our skill and our effort will somehow rid the world of injustice altogether. Christian hope, after all, does not need to see what it hopes for (Heb. 11:1); and neither does it require us to comprehend the end of history. Rather, it simply requires us to trust that even the most outwardly insignificant of faithful actions - the cup of cold water given to the child, the widow's mite offered at the temple, the act of hospitality shown to the stranger, none of which has any overall strategic socio-political significance so far as we can now see - will nevertheless be made to contribute in some significant way to the construction of God's kingdom by the action of God's creative and sovereign grace. "
― Craig M. Gay , The Way of the (Modern) World: Or, Why It's Tempting to Live As If God Doesn't Exist
4 " It is remarkable that, notwithstanding the universal favor with which the New Testament is outwardly received, and even the bigotry with which it is defended, there is no hospitality shown to, there is no appreciation of, the order of truth with which it deals. "
― Henry David Thoreau , A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers / Walden / The Maine Woods / Cape Cod
5 " There is no hospitality like understanding. "
― Vanna Bonta , Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel
6 " Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines. "
― Henri J.M. Nouwen , Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life
7 " Today and every day: I offer the universe my love I offer the universe my peace I offer the universe my beauty of hope I offer the universe my deepest gratitude for her hospitality and generosity "
8 " As a flower expresses thanks with her beauty and fragrance for her magnificent life, let us express our gratitude to every friend with our service and love and to the Earth for her hospitality and care. Let us be thankful and let us express the deepest gratitude for our magnificent life. No matter where you are, I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving filled with profound joy and endless peace. "
9 " On your journey, you will find a wondrous station called life; relax and enjoy the hospitality and beauty. "
― Debasish Mridha
10 " Southern hospitality and Amish cooking - Ya'll Come Back, Danki. "
― Karen Harper , Fall from Pride (Home Valley, #1)
11 " the bleakest situations bring out the hospitality in all of us, but it's during the harshest we find out how strong we really are. "
― Evan Meekins , The Black Banner
12 " A soul of hospitality and a heart of humanity is a house of love, peace, freedom, liberty and justice. "
13 " What would our hospitality look like if we believed that Jesus’s death on the cross was the measure of God’s compassion for someone? "
― Gloria Furman , Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home
14 " Every night we stopped in a cabin where wood had been stacked, matches left, and canned goods laid out for the chance traveler. All the unknown host received in return was a scribbled note giving our thanks, any news we could think of, and our names. This whole system of northern hospitality was a gigantic chain, for while we were eating this man’s beans, he was undoubtedly farther up the trail, eating somebody else’s. "
― , Mrs. Mike (Mrs. Mike, #1)
15 " Yes, after all, this by now was his customary loneliness: there was little else he desired for the present than the hospitality of the dark. "
― Walter de la Mare , The Return
16 " A shared table is the supreme expression of hospitality in every culture on earth. When your worn-out kitchen table hosts good people and good conversation, when it provides a safe place to break bread and share wine, your house becomes a sanctuary, holy as a cathedral. I've left a friend's table as sanctified and renewed as any church service. If you have a porch, then you have an altar to gather around. "
― Jen Hatmaker , For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards
17 " It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets. "
― James McBride , The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
18 " Until she went with him to India the first time after they were married. Then it all made sense, and she realized that the hospitality he displayed to all guests was larger than he was - it was cultural, hereditary, something coded into his DNA. "
― Thrity Umrigar , The Story Hour
19 " Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the guise of nonviolence because it would leave the violators unchanged and the consequences of violence unremedied. "
― Miroslav Volf , A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good
20 " Give thanks to the earth for the hospitality and generosityShow gratitude for life, light and every little beauty. "
