The only safe investment one can make in life is what is given away.
Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues, systematizes action, and insures success.
Things were not tragic for us then, because although we cared passionately we didn't care deeply.
All my life, Following Care along the dusty road, Have I looked back on loveliness and sighed.
Chance was to work in the garden, where he would care for plants and grasses and trees which grew there peacefully. He would be as one on them: quiet, open hearted in the sunshine and heavy when it rained.
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.
Let me, tonight look back across the span Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say- Because of some good act to beast or human- The world is better that I lived today.
We need to help younger people recognize their own capacity to do good, and help them discover the rewards of generosity.
There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.
Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Righteousness and generosity are inseparable. The person whose heart longs for God also longs to give to others.
Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.
We trust to novels to train us in the practice of great indignations and great generosity.
A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
Generosity is, by definition, disinterested.
Less money spent on billboards that just make us feel good about ourselves and more on soup kitchens and organized visits to the sick and dying.
We must train ourselves in courage and generosity.
Giving is an essential for spiritual unfoldment, for until we give and give abundantly, we don't really realize that we are not the giver; we are just a channel for giving.
Selfless service to mankind makes you free in the world of mortals.
That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.
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