The document contains short lessons and quotes about life, wisdom, friendship, improvement, and happiness. It advises that the greatest wisdom is kindness; getting back up after being knocked down is more important than how many times you fall; we make a life through what we give rather than what we receive; and involving others leads to better understanding than just telling or showing them. Simplicity, not material goods or shoes, leads to true happiness.

1. A new Life Compiled by Vivian Lessons for

2. The greatest wisdom is Kindness

3. It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down…. It only matters how many times you get up again.

4. We make a living by what we get We make a life by what we give

5. To have a friend... You must be a friend.

6. Tell me, and I’ll forget Show me, and I may not remember…. Involve me, and I’ll understand

7. Improvement…. Begins with….. I...

8. Of all the things you wear…. Your expression is the most important.

9. People don’t always believe what you say…. But they will always believe what you do.

10. Simplicity is the path to true happiness

11. I once felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes…. until I met a man with no feet.