#generosity

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

As the sun does not wait for prayers and incantations to be induced to rise, but immediately shines and is greeted by all: so neither wait for applauses, and prate, to do good.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

The great Tao flows everywhere, both to the left and to the right. All things depend on it for life, yet it doesn't hold on to them.

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

A generous person is one who gives to the right people, the right amounts, at the right times, and with pleasure.

It is the mark of an honorable man to remember benefits received, but to be reluctant to remember those he has conferred.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but the last of the human freedoms.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Expansion is life, contraction is death. All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction.

The brave alone can afford to be generous and forgiving.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Generosity begins where calculation ends.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Truth is not a commodity to be hoarded, but a light to be shared.

The heart is an endless spring; the more you give, the more it flows.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

Overcome anger by non-anger; overcome evil by good; overcome the miser by liberality; overcome the liar by truth.

Generosity of spirit is the true mark of wealth.

Kindness is the divine perfume of a generous heart.

Step out of the prison of narrow self-interest into universal love.

Treat a guest with honor and generosity.

True wealth is the capacity to help others in their hour of need.

The tree does not eat its own fruit, nor does the river drink its own water. The wise take birth solely for the welfare of others.

He is base—and that is the one base thing in the universe—to receive favors and render none.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.