Evan Esar Quotes

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.

The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.

So, I gave my belts out to others to give them a chance.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

If what I have to do is share a sandwich to lift someone's spirits, put a smile on their face - the worst thing that happens is I go broke!

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

There are two types of women out there: there's the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there's the other type, which is me, who wants to share.

My calling is to help people, to teach people, to share with people, until I die. I can never stop doing that. I can't, and I don't want to.

I think you always want to have a project where it's not about you: where you're serving it. Where it has needs, and you're trying to meet those needs, so you're trying to lift it out of you and put it out there and then say to people, 'Hey, I think that's it; let's head that way.'

Life is not about what you can accumulate. I learned to live when I learned to give.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

The secret to living is giving.

When you've been blessed, you have to share your gifts, and you also have to help others give their gifts away.

If you're in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Better to give then to take.

It's so easy to be selfish in your 20s and not want to sacrifice.

Compassion comes from a choice and not the liberal definition of a choice - the choice to say I can do with a little less so my brother can have a little more.

Ants can live together in solidarity and forget themselves in the community. In a normative capitalist society, everyone is an egoist. In the ants' civilization, you are part of the group; you don't live for yourself alone.