Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
True humility means giving joy to others.
Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.
The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings.
I'm not a fan of purposely farting in front of other people. If you have to fart, leave the room.
Never be late. When you're late, what you're saying is that your time is more important than the other person's time. That's pretty egotistical.
Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.
It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.
The only time you should look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.
Not many people care what you do. They care about what you do as much as you care about what they do. Think about it. Just exactly that much. You are not the center of the universe.
Why are you making a joke out of this?" she asks. "Because it's stupid, Nik. There's not even room in my day to think about someone else.
What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.
Unless you got a really good reason, you should be nice.
Treat each person as you would an old friend.
People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.
Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.
You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.
Our tragedy is that we forget it might be someone else first.
We must want for others, not ourselves alone.
I was brought up in a way that when you're at a dinner party, you don't grab a chip unless it's been offered to everyone else. It's the manners of being brought up by English parents.
It's very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it.
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence
I'm just a swell guy. No, that's a ridiculous notion - if you're being an asshole to people, you're being an asshole, that's all there is to it. It can't be rationalized because you wrote something worthwhile. First obligation is to other people.
Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.
Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.
