Knut Hamsun Quotes

Of myself I must say this: I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding Prince, nor yet a waster. My heart was never set on any worldly goods. What you bestow on me, I will not hoard it up, but receive it to bestow on you again.

If you have money, and you help people, you don't talk about it. Just do it.

it was easier to do a friendly thing than it was to stay and be thanked for it.

I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things.

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

I just want to be humble at all times.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.

Giving is true having.

The best way of enjoying your money is to spend it on other people. I don't need much.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

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.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

You have to give people the pleasure of giving you.

I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.

If I want to leave one thing here after I'm gone, it would be an incredible sense of humility.

The happiest ones are those who have a character which would prefer their services to be unknown to all generations.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

I like being humble.

I am learning to be more humble and giving as a person.

It's just not our style to put our names on the philanthropy we've done. It's not in the Jewish tradition of tzedakah.

I already do some charity, but I don't necessarily talk about it. That doesn't mean I don't do it.

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.