I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that kindness is a natural trait in people rather than a forced behavior.
Graham Norton suggests that being nice should not feel like an effort but rather an inherent quality of individuals. He asserts that politeness, which is often mistaken for niceness, should be an expression of one's natural disposition towards cheerfulness, reflecting a broader belief in the fundamental goodness of people.
In practice
In a motivational speech about human nature, you could use this quote to emphasize that kindness is innate.
Men go forth to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the ocean, the course of the stars-and forget to wonder at themselves. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
The number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true happiness.
He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.
It is a dangerous and fateful presumption, besides the absurd temerity that it implies, to disdain what we do not comprehend. For after you have established, according to your fine undertstanding, the limits of truth and falsehood, and it turns out that you must necessarily believe things even stranger than those you deny, you are obliged from then on to abandon these limits.
Consumer Christianity is now normative. The consumer Christian is one who utilizes the grace of God for forgiveness and the services of the church for special occasions, but does not give his or her life and innermost thoughts, feelings, and intentions over to the kingdom of the heavens. Such Christians are not inwardly transformed and not committed to it.
Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God and love of all things in God - this is the sign that you are on this right path.
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