Why should a true and sincere appreciation be termed flattery, and degraded to the level of insincere praise? Why should an individual be accused of acting from base and selfish policy because he feels the glow and warmth of social response?
—The World Beautiful, Lilian Whiting.
Our power over others lies not so much in the amount of thought within us as in the power of bringing it out.
—W. E. Channing.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
—Thoreau.
Why should we wear black for the guests of God?
—Ruskin.
I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.
—Goethe’s Mother.