Even at times when we seem to be making little headway, I want him to mount a resistance campaign against his less-generous nature. I want him to say please and thank you, and let someone else have the last slice of birthday cake. Difference and difficulty are inevitable in this world; what matters is how you handle yourself when you meet them. Niceness includes little generosities and helping hands, yes, but it goes beyond that to a larger sense of accommodation for others. And the secret to how they treated each other was: that they went out of their way to be nice.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 12, 2016 11:01 UTC