Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in my town were really mean, and rude. Dickens, I could tell, wouldn't be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely.
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
Have enough courage to love.
Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.
To those who are given much, much is expected.