Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.

[T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.