#generosity

God really is a Father, as displeased with a cramped, niggardly attitude of lack as with its opposite. ↗

— Brother Andrew

#god-s-grace #attitude

With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#exemptions #forgiveness #generosity #genius #leniency

It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they have—to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return. ↗

— Charles Alexander Eastman

#generosity #materialism #native-american-wisdom #simplicity #age

[T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#promise #reward #work #experience

If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will. ↗

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

#forgiveness #freedom #generosity #relationships #spirituality

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

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

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit. ↗

— Harry Belafonte

#been #generosity #much #offered #says

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#been #capacity #compassion #donation #generosity

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

— Richard Dawkins

#because #born #generosity #let us #selfish