To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.
Paul Cellucci, Politician (1948) |
Richard M. Daley, Politician (1942) |
Jean Paul Gaultier, Designer (1952) |
Jim Geringer, Politician (1944) |
Jill Ireland, Actress (1936) |
Jack Kingston, Politician (1955) |
Bud Abbott, Actor (1974) |
Felix Adler, Educator (1933) |
Harry Banks, Soldier (1915) |
Alejo Carpentier, Novelist (1980) |
Willa Cather, Author (1947) |
James Thomas Fields, Publisher (1881) |
G. Stanley Hall, Psychologist (1924) |
Granville Stanley Hall, Psychologist (1924) |
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Writer (2002) |
Louis A. Johnson, Public Servant (1966) |