“I was in love with everything—I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond; and I wanted to bring gifts to the envious and tell them that I am worthless.”— Egon Schiele, amazon.com
“Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had…”— Harper Lee, amazon.com
“There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don’t do it with an eye to their own advantage, they do it on the quiet; they detest doing it openly because that would take away some of the satisfaction. They do it in secret,…”— Knut Hamsun, amazon.com
“What does one person give to another? He gives of himself, of the most precious he has, he gives of his life. This does not necessarily mean that he sacrifices his life for the other - but that he gives him of that which is alive in him; he gives him of his joy, of his interest, of his understanding…”— Erich Fromm, amazon.com
“You must remember always to give, of everything you have. You must give foolishly even. You must be extravagant. You must give to all who come into your life. Then nothing and no one shall have power to cheat you of anything, for if you give to a thief, he cannot steal from you, and he himself is th…”— William Saroyan, amazon.com
“Whoever gives nothing has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“It has always seemed strange to me…The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of…”— John Steinback, amazon.com
“Leos are fiercely loyal and some of the most generous friends to have. People are drawn to their enthusiasm and passion in everything they do.”— Caithlin Pena, thoughtcatalog.com
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”— Khalil Gibran, amazon.com