I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been read more

The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.

What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.

What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains read more

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just read more

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which read more

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.