#eros

Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim. ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#life

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. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#life #life

Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are. ↗

— Patti Digh

#gifts #giving #giving-space #life

Generosity is, by definition, disinterested.” (p.157) ↗

— Piero Ferrucci

#life

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#generosity #good #goodness #help #muhammad-ali

Being generous often consists of simply extending a hand. That's hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your righteousness, your belief system, your superiority, your assumptions about others, your definition of normal. ↗

— Patti Digh

#normal #offering-help #open-mindedness #support #life

Reinvent freedom. Live to inspire. ↗

— Louise Philippe Dulay

#campaign #free #freedom #inspiration #inspire

I would rather be a womaniser than a sodomiser. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#male-female-relationships #sodomy #womaniser #relationship

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves! ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#girls #love #purity #self-sacrifice #suffering

With good reason, love's messengers, Eros and Kama, are armed with bows and long-distance arrows. No being, god or mortal, can choose love. Love comes despite ourselves; and then, if we have not already done so, we have the task of becoming our selves so we may welcome love. ↗

— Diane Wolkstein

#becoming #bows #choice #eros #kama