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Philosophical literature

This is hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra · 1883

★ 7.3

Philosophical literature · Religious literature

The sage does not accumulate for himself. The more he uses for others, the more he has himself. The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own. The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Tao Te Ching · 400 BC

★ 4.0

I am not in the giving vein today.

William Shakespeare

1597

★ 3.9

Scripture · Religious literature

You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Acts 20:35 · 62

★ 3.8

Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literature

Friends share all things.

Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

★ 3.8

Scripture · Religious literature

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

931 BC

★ 3.7

The greatest gift you will ever give is your honest self.

2003

★ 3.7

Scripture · Religious literature

God loveth a cheerful giver.

2nd Corinthians 9:7 · 56

★ 3.6

Film · Christmas (film) · Romantic comedy (film) · Christmas · Romantic comedy

I'll give you anything you ask for—as long as it's not something I don't want to give.

The US President

Love Actually · 2003

★ 3.6

There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.

Charles Dickens

Bleak House · 1852

★ 2.1

Generosity is the essence of friendship.

1888

★ 2.1

Play · Comedy (play) · Comedy of manners · Comedy

Be just before you're generous.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The School for Scandal · 1777

★ 1.9

The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives freshwater, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end, generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.

2016

★ 1.9

Interview · TV program

Generosity truly is the best investment.

Diane von Furstenberg

2015

★ 1.2

Personal journal

Usually the people who are the most generous are the people who have the least to give. I learned this first hand as a newspaper carrier when I was 12 years old. The biggest tips came from the poorest people.

1986

★ 0.8