Wonder boy: Going beyond the surface

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

The precepts (rules to live by)

1. "When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." —Dr. Wayne Dyer
2. "Your deeds are your monuments." —Inscription on ancient Egyptian tomb
3. "Have no friends not equal to yourself." —Confucius
4. "Fortune favors the bold." —Virgil
5. "No man is an island, entire of itself." —John Donne
6. "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." —James Thurber
7. "Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much." —Blaise Pascal
8. "What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful." —Sappho
9. "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." —John Wesley
10. "Just follow the day and reach for the sun." —The Polyphonic Spree
11. "Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the world." —Auggie Pullman