“Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.”
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“Beyond all explanations which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worse and not the better, why hate rather than love, why greed and not generosity, why self-centred activity and not open total action? Why be mean when there are soaring mountains and flashing streams? Why jealousy and not love? Why?”
― Krishnamurtis Notebook
― Krishnamurtis Notebook
“Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.”
― Sand and Foam
― Sand and Foam
“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.
The more he gives to others,
the more he has for his own.”
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The more he gives to others,
the more he has for his own.”
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“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.
[Verse 223]”
― The Dhammapada
[Verse 223]”
― The Dhammapada
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