It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.
James BaldwinTags: identity materialism observational generosity identification self-delusion
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
Abraham LincolnTags: dogs hypocrisy pets generosity benevolence charity
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.
Elizabeth GilbertTags: compassion service gratitude generosity charity
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
Eleanor RooseveltTags: integrity moral-courage generosity benevolence
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
John HolmesTags: friendship compassion generosity charity helping-others
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
John BunyanTags: compassion generosity benevolence charity helping-others
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowTags: generosity
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Kahlil GibranTags: pride generosity
Of the various kinds of intelligence, generosity is the first.
Gienka Home from the Ball Bearing Plant (1943)
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