One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. – Booker T. Washington

It is… axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction. – W. H. Auden

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances. – Saint Vincent de Paul