“Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?”

— J. M. Barrie, The Little White Bird (1902)

About J. M. Barrie

1860 – 1937

Scottish playwright and novelist, creator of "Peter Pan".

“Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.”

“God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.”

“Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.”

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“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.”

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“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”

“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”