generosity Quotes

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.