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.

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.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

To generous souls every task is noble.

To generous souls every task is noble.

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.

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.

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.