Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.

If, when you charged a person with his faults, you credited him with his virtues too, you would probably like everybody.

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.

A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.

Genuine love will always feel urged to communicate joy - to be a joy-giver. Mankind needs joy.

Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!

Any fool can try to defend his mistakes - and most fools do - but it gives one a feeling of nobility to admit one's mistakes. By fighting, you never get enough, but by yielding, you get more than you expected.