Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.

Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them.

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his read more

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

What will you put in the stocking
of the Baby Jesus?
screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, Loretta
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What will you put in the stocking
of the Baby Jesus?
screenwriter of The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant, Loretta
Young, and David's Niven.

Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful read more

Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.