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• Some men mistake generosity for charity: these flatter themselves that they are giving gratuitously, whilst they are merely rewarding secret services offered their vanity.

  Norm MacDonald

  Mistake, Men, Vanity

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• Generosity is a lovely attribute, and we only practice it when relationships are more important to us than our possessions.

  Michael Wright

  Christian, Practice, Lovely

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• Our life-style contains more Thanatos than Eros, for egotism, exploitation, deception, obsession and addiction have more place in us than eroticism, joy, generosity and spontaneity.

  Germaine Greer

  Women, Addiction, Joy

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

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• The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It destroys communities and makes humanity impossible. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers... In winning our freedom, we will so appeal to you heart and conscience that we will win you in the process.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Eye, Winning

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• On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition - which despises small interests to gain great ones.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Powerful, Ambition, Cynical

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• I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Jobs, Sex

  Buffett Lecture at the University of Florida School of Business, tilsonfunds.com. October 15, 1998.

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• Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Kindness, Liars

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• Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Liars, Wicked

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• "Civilization" has been thrust upon me since the days of the reservations, and it has not added one whit to my sense of justice, to my reverence for the rights of life, to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity, or to my faith in Wakan Tanka, God of the Lakotas.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Honesty, Rights, Civilization

  Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.258, U of Nebraska Press

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• Success always calls for greater generosity - though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed. Collecting boot is not an end itself, but only a means for building an empire. Riches would be of little use to us now - except as a means of winning new friends.

  Cyrus the Great

  Mean, Army, Winning

  "9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great" by Ryan Holiday, www.forbes.com. April 19, 2012.

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• With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist

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• Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions.

  Madame de Stael

  Kindness, Morality, Action

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• Generosity should never exceed ability.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Should, Ability, Exceed

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• Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Gratitude, Islamic

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• Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such a tangible way. The generosity of earlier generations of donors made it possible for me to attend Princeton as a young student from Hong Kong, and I have always wanted to do all I could to assure that students in the future.. from the United States and around the world.. will have the same kinds of opportunities I had to learn from faculty members who are leaders in their fields at a university that remains second to none in its commitment to teaching.

  Gordon Wu

  Gratitude, Teaching, Commitment

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• Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

  Gautama Buddha

  Hatred, Joy, Way

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• Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don't bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you liked.

  Robert Thurman

  Regret, Attachment, Practice

  Robert Thurman (2011). “The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Liberation Through Understanding in the Between”, p.53, Bantam

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• Good leaders have a generosity gene.

  Jack Welch

  Leader, Good Leader, Genes

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• I LOVE my job. Having a front row seat to watch lives change because of others generosity is amazing! So thankful.

  Pete Wilson

  Jobs, Life Changing, Watches

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• Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.

  Henri Nouwen

  Moving, Steps, Knows

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.125, Image

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• Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up from indifference and guilt, if we have had the misfortune to give in to temptation and weakness. Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!

  Pope John Paul II

  Prayer, Giving Up, Light

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• There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Compassion, Light, Grace

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• We long to connect, all of us. We long to be noticed, to be cared for, to matter. Generosity is the invisible salve on our wound of loneliness, one that benefits both sides, over and over again.

  Seth Godin

  Loneliness, Long, Benefits

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• Love and nonattachment are the basis of true generosity.

  Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

  Bases, True Generosity

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• As Jesus explained, the right things have to die so the right things can live--we die to selfishness, greed, power, accumulation, prestige, and self-preservation, giving life to community, generosity, compassion, mercy, brotherhood, kindness, and love. The gospel will die in the toxic soil of self.

  Jen Hatmaker

  Jesus, Kindness, Compassion

  Jen Hatmaker (2012). “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess”, p.91, B&H Publishing Group

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