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

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

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie. – Aeschylus

Even when you do not feel big hearted, you can give yourself permission to act that way. – Lama Willa Miller