"A soft answer turneth away wrath."
"Be kind to one another."
"An ounce of kindness always goes a lot further than an ounce of bitterness."
No doubt other people here can also supply proverbs about being nice to other people.
Thanks for the book recommendation, Confused. I just ordered if from Amazon. Read the intro that was available. Looks really good, though of course he thinks JC is God but who doesn't. Found I can still learn a lot from different scholars anyway. Why deprive myself of some great teaching just because one aspect of doctrine I don't agree with.