“Life must be rich and full of loving — it’s no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone. – Jack Kerouac

“People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments.” – John Steinbeck

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.” – C.S. Lewis

The price of favoritism is the loss of respect and the erosion of integrity.” – Frederick Douglass

A relationship built on bias is destined to fail, for fairness is the foundation of trust. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Favoritism is a reflection of insecurity, for it’s easier to favor than to treat everyone fairly.” – Thomas Paine

“You will never say to yourself when you are old, ‘Ah, I wish I was not good to that person.’ You will never think that.” – Khaled Hosseini

“To belittle, you have to be little.” – Kahlil Gibran

“The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.” – Joyce Carol Oates

“Love can often be misguided and do as much harm as good, but respect can do only good. It assumes that the other person’s stature is as large as one’s own, his rights as reasonable, his needs as important.” – Eleanor Roosevelt