Crystal Locklear

“God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this world, and that mechanism is called suffering.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.”
― Nelson Mandela

“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

“Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.”
― Charles Dickens