Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. --Kahlil Gibran (in The Love Kitchen )

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. --Jose Marti (in Why Free Money Day Makes You Richer)

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. --Simone de Beauvoir (in The Joys of Giving Large)

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. --Simone Weil (in A Life-Saving Coat for the Homeless)

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present. --Albert Camus (in Today is a Gift)

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
--Dennis Prager (in Why Looking for the Good in Others Matters)

The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.
--Maya Angelou (in Grateful Changemakers: Karma Kitchen)

Be like the sun for grace and mercy.
Be like the night to cover others faults.
Be like running water for generosity.
Be like death for rage and anger.
Be like the earth for modesty.
Appear as you are. Be as you appear. --Rumi (in The Quality of Mercy)

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present --Albert Camus (in Wish You Were Here: Postcards from the Future)

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. --Simone de Beauvoir (in On Generosity)

If we are to work together more intelligently, we will need to choose processes that evoke our curiosity, humility, generosity and wisdom. --Margaret Wheatley (in Solving Complex Problems Relying on Diversity and Inclusion)

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. --Simone Weil (in Is Our Attention for Sale?)