Generosity · Skopia

Quotes

15

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

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Songs

3

Give it Away

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1991★ 7.2

Whatever You Like

2008★ 3.8

Throw It in the Bag

2009★ 2.5

Art

1

St. Martin Shares his Cloak with a Beggar

1326★ 6.5