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"The real generosity is when a man does something generous when nobody knows about it."
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"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."


"It's not what you got, but what you gave."


"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."


"Never underestimate the significance of the little things done out of a large heart of love."


"The sun consumes even itself to give light to a dark world, do likewise."


"When you realized that you would have to ask for help, you did not feel humiliated. And when you learned that someone needed help, you showed them all that you had learned without fearing that you might be revealing secrets or being used by others. To he who knocks, the door will open.He who asks will receive.He who consoles knows that he will be consoled.Even if none of these things happens when you are expecting it to, sooner or later you will see the fruits of the thing you shared with such generosity."


"The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow."


"If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken."
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"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."


"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
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