Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.


Overheard by his nephew, Billy James, in 1902; quoted in Leon Edel, Henry James: A Life, vol V: The Master 1901-1916 (1972).


Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.