"I suppose the thing I most would like to have known or be reassured about is that in the world, what counts more than talent, what counts more than energy or concentration or commitment or anything else, is kindness. And the more in the world you encounter kindness and cheerfulness (which is its kind of amiable uncle or aunt) just the better the world always is. All the big words: virtue, justice, truth, are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness."