"Build your home in such a way that a stranger may feel happy in your midst! " ~~ Theodor Herzl
"If a guest enters your home, ask him no quesitons of the Torah unless you know that he can answer! " ~~ Sefer Chassidim
"The host enjoys the company of good guests." ~~ Shemen Lamaor
"Let your home be a meet-place for the Sages! " ~~ Avot 1:4
"A woman recognizes the character of a guest sooner than her husband does." ~~ Talmud, Berakot 10
"Hospitality to strangers shows reverence for the name of the Lord." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 127a
"Nowhere does the Torah say, “Invite your guest to pray”; but it does tell us to offer him food, drink and a bed." ~~ Kagan
"Let your home be wide open and the needy be members of your household. " ~~ Avot 1:5
"Hospitality to wayfarers is greater than welcoming the Shekina. " ~~ Talmud, Sabbath
"The host breaks bread and the guest says Grace. " ~~ Talmud, Berakot
"In the house of a wise man none is ever slow to perform the duties of hospitality." ~~ Philo
"The poor does for the host more than the host for the poor." ~~ Joshua b. Hanania