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"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."	Saint Francis of Assisi
"For it is in giving that we receive."	Saint Francis of Assisi
"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 to ourselves that we are born to eternal life. Amen."	Saint Augustine
"It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills."	Simone de Beauvoir
"If my own son, who is now 10 months, came to me and said, 'You promised to pay for my tuition at Harvard; how about giving me $50,000 instead to start a little business?' I might think that was a good idea."	William John Bennett
"You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them."	William Blake
"If being wealthy is taken to mean having the means to satisfy one's every want, all but the very poor can become rich as thou at a single stroke of a magician's wand, simply by ceasing to want more than is really necessary for sustaining life. By being content with little and not giving a rap for what the neighbours think, one can attain a very large measure of freedom, shedding care and worry in a trice."	John Blofeld
"You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action."	William Bolitho
"People are always asking couples whose marriage has endured at least a quarter of a century for their secret for success. Actually, it is no secret at all. I am a forgiving woman. Long ago, I forgave my husband for not being Paul Newman."	Erma Louise Bombeck
"Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult."	Nadia Boulanger
"Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!"	Amanda Bradley
"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
"Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present."	Albert Camus
"You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them."	Albert Camus
"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving."	Carmichael
"Vicious minds abound with anger and revenge are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."	Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present."	Tao Le Ching
"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech is cantankerous."	Chuang-Tzu
"We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent -- criticism."	Frank A. Clark
"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out."	Frank A. Clark
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Confucius	Damien Hess	Dean Koontz
Doug Larson	Dr. Viktor E(mil) Frankl	Eric Hoffer
Erma Louise Bombeck	Frank A. Clark	General Charles De Gaulle
George Eliot	George MacDonald	George Herbert Walker Bush
Henry Ward Beecher	Henry Louis Mencken	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
Joan L. Curcio	Johann Kaspar Lavater	John Blofeld
John Fitzgerald Kennedy	Junius	Kahlil Gibran
Nadia Boulanger	Ogden Nash	Og Mandino
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield	Quentin Crisp	Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Exely	Saint Augustine	Saint Francis of Assisi
Sheldon Kopp	Simone de Beauvoir	Tao Le Ching
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