A Touch Of Wisdom, 2/7/14

"I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.

"To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world.

"That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."

Roger Ebert (1942 - 2013)

Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, journalist and screenwriter. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Wikipedia

To learn more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert

This quote comes to us courtesy of my friend and webmaster Jon Barnes, and I believe it was taken from "Roger Ebert: The Essential Man," by Chris Jones, published in Esquire magazine in their "Essentials" issue in March, 2010. http://www.esquire.com/features/roger-ebert-0310