Paul Bloom Quotes

The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.

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

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

The hand that receives is always lower than the hand that gives.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

There are different types of people in this world, and I am the type of person who loves to give.

Philanthropy can have a very strong selfish component.

He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all.

It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.

A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get comfortable with our level of giving, it's time to raise it again.

Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church....as long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. If they have a little extra and it is easy and safe to give, they do so. After all, God loves a cheerful giver, right?

I give a lot to charity when it comes to clothes.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

I'm not good at raising money. I don't like to raise money. It's been my experience that when I ask someone for money, it's not long before they return the favor.

I'm going to stop giving too much money to charity - the charity is going to become my family. I'm only half-kidding.

Foundations are the new Birkin bags. Everyone who is anyone has one. Giving is now chic.

I'll get involved in philanthropy.

I find joy in giving donations.

My only regret about money is that I don't have more to give away.

There are many ways to push for much-needed reforms: One way is to make a donation. It doesn't matter much whether you contribute publicly or in a private way - either way is good. What matters is your true intention.

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.

All of philanthropy is harnessing that urge to have your name on something, and using it for good.

People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might have only have $5 to spare.