Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.

It was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry with him the egos of certain people, early met and early loved, and to be only as complete as they were complete themselves. There was some element of loneliness involved--so easy to be loved--so hard to love.

Ernest [Hemmingway] was always ready to lend a helping hand to the one on the rung above him.

One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.