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.

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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