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“Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!”

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Joseph Addison, born on May 1, 1672, and died on June 17, 1719, was an influential English essayist, dramatist, and poet. He is known for his elegant prose style and his co-authorship of the magazine 'The Spectator' with Richard Steele. more

“Hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times when the reciprocity was easier to see: in nomadic cultures, the food and shelter one gave to a stranger yesterday is the food and shelter one hopes to receive from a stranger tomorrow. By offering hospitality, one participates in the endless reweaving of a social fabric on which all can depend-thus the gift of sustenance for the guest becomes a gift of hope for the host.”

Source: The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

“Hospitality means we take people into the space that is our lives and our minds and our hearts and our work and our efforts. Hospitality is the way we come out of ourselves. It is the first step towards dismantling the barriers of the world. Hospitality is the way we turn a prejudiced world around, one heart at a time.”

People World Way Mind Firsts Heart Mean Turns Space Effort Steps Our Lives Barriers First Steps Hospitality

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“It is an excellent circumstance that hospitality grows best where it is most needed. In the thick of men it dwindles and disappears, life fruit in the thick of a wood; but where people are planted sparely it blossoms and matures, like apples on a standard or an espalier. It flourishes where the inn and lodging-house cannot exist.”

People Men House Grows Needed Circumstances Standards Fruit Woods Disappear Excellent Apples Thick Hospitality Inns

Author:Hugh Miller

“Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.”

Prayer Tables Checks Invites Hospitality Entrances Exam Credentials

Book:The Ironic Christian's Companion: Finding the Marks of God's Grace in the World

Source: The Ironic Christian's Companion: Finding the Marks of God's Grace in the World

“Hospitality is the practice of God's welcome by reaching across difference to participate in God's actions bringing justice and healing to our world in crisis.”

World Action Differences Justice Healing Practice Crisis Welcome Reaching Our World Hospitality

Book:Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference

Source: Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference

“If it were not for guests all houses would be graves.”

Ifs Would Be House Graves Guests Hospitality House Guests

Author:Khalil Gibran

“Hospitality has never been about having House Beautiful with perfectly coordinated accessories and the most up-to-date equipment, nor is it dependent upon having large chunks of leisure time and a big entertainment budget to spend, nor does it require special training in the culinary arts or event planning. Hospitality is about a heart for service, the creativity to stretch whatever we do have available, and the energy to give the time necessary to add a flourish to the ordinary events of life.”

“We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.”

World Two Three Five Six Plot Hospitality Treadmills

Author:Janette Turner Hospital

“I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic.”

Hours Half Morning Husband Conversation Doctors Optimistic Hospitals Dna Hospitality Half Hours Replicate

Author:Karen Duffy

“I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape.”

Character Problem Home Wanted My Own Growing Up Growing Hospitals Surgery Hospitality Recovering

Author:Josh Ryan Evans

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