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"Poke had never shared out so many raisins, because she had never had so many to share. But the little kids wouldn't understand that. They'd think, Poke gave us garbage, and Achilles gave us raisins. That's because they were stupid."
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"When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving."
"You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish."
"Give with a free hand, but give only of your own."
"Give joy, smiles, happiness, goodness and kindness to every person you meet."
"You were not just blessed for yourself,your were blessed to be a blessing toothers."
"Having given all he had He then is very rich indeed."
"It's not what you got, but what you gave."
"In this world there are those who enjoy giving people balloons and there are those who take great pleasure in popping them. And I wish to be remembered as being firmly in the first party."
"Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think."
"I have wrought my simple planIf I give one hour of joyTo the boy who's half a man,Or the man who's half a boy."
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"Being here alone with nothing to do, I've been thinking about myself too. Trying to understand why I hate myself so badly."
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"It isn't the world at stake, Ender. Just us. Just humankind. As far as the rest of the earth is concerned, we could be wiped out and it would adjust, it would get on with the next step in evolution. But humanity doesn't want to die. As a species, we have evolved to survive."
"I cut the wood however I like, but it's the grain that decides the strength and shape of it. You can add and subtract memories from people, but it isn't just your memory that makes you who you are. There's something in the grain of the mind."
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