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.
Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence.
I clearly saw the skeleton underneath all this show of personality what is left of a man and all his pride but bones?
When people do not dread authorities, then a greater dread descends.
The laws only can determine the punishment of crimes, and the authority of making penal laws can only reside with the legislator, who represents the whole society united by the social compact.
Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time.
Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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