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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality read more
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice
charity.
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice
charity.
