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.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. read more

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

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.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . read more

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . . in all things, generosity.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world read more

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.