Buddha Quotes

When we say, 'We are starving,' we have to remember that there are people who are literally starving. If everyone fed one person, one meal, we could make a huge difference.

Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.

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

The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love.

The concept that a person who has a lot holds his hand out to someone who has less, or someone who isn't hurting holds his hand out to someone who is, is simply a human trait that has nothing to do with celebrity. I am confounded at the stinginess of some institutions and some people. I'm bewildered by it. You can only put away so much stuff in your closet.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

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

My father would give his dinner to any hungry kids who walked by and then go in the backyard and pick weeds from the yard to eat.

You make more money if you're generous.

I've always thought that people who left a great deal of money in their will never enjoyed the great honor and privilege and heart-rendering feeling of giving to others during their lifetime, because they were too selfish to give to others while they were alive, so they made sure they were dead and couldn't use it anymore.

I think those who are already in philanthropy and enjoying it and making a difference have a responsibility to share their stories widely, and to be very transparent about their giving.

We love that our platform allows people to give.

Everyone has needs, but Food for the Hungry is something that people can grasp onto as a practical way to step outside of themselves, take a risk, and give.

The more you give to others, the more you get in return.

Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like.

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.

Almes never make poore.

When you don't give money, it shows that you have the devil's nature.

To give is to receive.