Guideposts to peace

"To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars;

to be satisfied with your possessions, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them;

to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice;

to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts;

to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners;

to think seldom of your enemies and often of your friends... these are little guideposts on the footpath to peace."

- Henry van Dyke