How much happier we would be and how much more joy there would be in the world if we looked for and spoke only of the good and the beautiful; if we looked at the beauty of the hawthorn twig, its symmetry, instead of pointing out to everyone the dead leaf; if we enjoyed the fragrance and the beauty of the rose, instead of frowning and calling people’s attention to the thorn on the stem; if we enjoyed to the fullest the uplift of the purity of the lily instead of calling attention to the little dirt left on the roots! – Thomas E. McKay, Conference Report, October 1948, Second Day-Morning Meeting, p.71