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Thursday, May 12, 2005

[famous-quotes-] Generosity

"O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life." ~ Attributed to Augustine and Francis of Assisi

"For it is in giving that we receive." ~ Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)

"You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them." ~ William Blake (1757-1827

"I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity - in important things, diversity - in all things, generosity." ~ George Herbert Walker Bush

"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." ~ Carmichael

"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech is cantankerous." ~ Chuang-Tzu

"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out." ~ Frank A. Clark

"I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said that to illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out. Another emotion is greed, as when someone kills someone for money, or something like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what he paid for his stupid puppet." ~ Jack Handey

"We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great capacity for love, friendship, generosity, kindness, faith, hope, and joy." ~ Dean Koontz

"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks." ~ Doug Larson

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