let me say something which in this (christian) culture may come as a surprise: what is best in people is not self-abnegation. What is best in people is a sturdy connection between respect for the self and respect for the other: reaching in and out at the same time

Of course. All the best people are.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

I believe great people to be those who know how they got where they are, and what they need to do to get where they’re going. Great people have a vision of their lives that they practice emulating each and every day. They go to work on their lives, not just in their lives. Their lives are spent living out the vision they have of their future, in the present. They compare what they’ve done with what they intended to do. And where there’s a disparity between the two, they don’t wait very long to make up the difference.

What qualities you admire most in other people. (This is what you most like about yourself.)

Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people.

Beauty is often spoken of as though it only stirs lust or admiration, but the most beautiful people are so in a way that makes them look like destiny or fate or meaning, the heroes of a remarkable story.

great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

Great people aren’t just the high rollers in life, but also those who we value as amazing inhabitants of this world.

I believe the people who are most successful are those committed to bringing out the best in other people through awakening & empowerment.

I believe Beauty is the condition of the perfect life, just as important as Virtue and Truth.

The people I admire the most are those who have the courage, foresight and ability to see themselves with cold-eyed honesty and fundamentally change themselves. Those who, with no guarantees of greater success or happiness, find it in themselves to completely alter the course of their lives to follow what is oftentimes just a small voice telling them that they can do better. That they can be better.

You’re mad, bonkers, completely off your head. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.