Dalai Lama Quotes

Give up as much as you're willing to receive back and give yourself, if that makes any sense. Whatever that is, don't expect more from a person than what you're willing to give, but give it knowing that you're giving it - it's been given, so don't expect anything else.

Give [charity] without hope or expectation of any return. To give otherwise, indeed, would scarcely be to give at all, but rather a loan.

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

Every time you get something, give something away.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

You've got to give away what you love.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

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

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves - our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

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

For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again.

I make you a gift of these Blacks, of their children, their horses, their weapons, and all they possess. Share them among you.

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

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

There's nothing worse than going out without contributing.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.