Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .

The sin and the shame and the sorrow, The crime and the want and the woe That are born there in your workshop, No hand can paint, you know.

Love lights more fire than hate extinguishes.

We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,And that's the burden of a year.

Dear friend, I pray thee, if thou wouldst be proving Thy strong regard for me, Make me no vows. Lip-service is not loving; Let thy faith speak for thee.

You never can tell when you send a word, Like an arrow shot from a bow By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind, Just where it may chance to go!

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.