Externally destitute, internally magnificent

 Some of the best people I met in my therapeutic practice were people who, on the surface, had nothing worldly going for them. They weren't attractive, they weren't intelligent, they weren't accomplished, they weren't popular. In fact, they were often friendless, they often had devastated families, they had terrible developmental histories, they just had devastated lives. And yet, there was still a core of ethical goodness to them that was stunning under the circumstances. It was like miraculous to see the essential nobility of the human spirit (From a psychologist)