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Muhammad , The Knowing Heart
The three best things:
to be humble amid the vicissitudes of fortune;
to pardon when powerful;
and to be generous with no strings attached.
The three best things
Mahatma Gandhi, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
Don't forget that people are as generous as the clouds and their hearts can be as tender as raindrops.
People are generous as the clouds
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
Courtesy costs nothing.
The cost of courtesy
Joseph Telushkin, A Code of Jewish Ethics
Many of us go though life as "bad guests," minimizing the good others have done for us, emphasizing their supposed self-interest in doing so, and praising their kind and generous qualities insufficiently.
Bad guests
Ayya Khema, Be an Island
"Wholeheartedly" means that we give our time, love, and energy unstintingly.
Give our time, love, and energy unstintingly.
Barbara Ann Kipfer, 201 Little Buddhist Reminders
When my actions are motivated by generosity, kindness, love, or wisdom, the results are happiness and peace.
When my actions are motivated by generosity
Bonnie Thurston, Religious Vows, the Sermon on the Mount, and Christian Living
The "higher standard" is called for in terms of refusal to engage in vengeance, of practing generosity, and in the struggle against narrow personal preferences in our relationships.
The struggle against narrow personal preferences in our relationships.
Thea Jarvis, Every Day Hospitality
Hospitality is already at work in our lives. Each new day offers fresh opportunities to extend kindness and welcome. Responding instinctively to another's need, we reveal the generous persons God created us to be.
Hospitality is already at work in our lives.
M. Basil Pennington, Listening: God's Word for Today
And always let us remember: The one we give to is Christ our friend: "Whatever you do to the least, you do to me."
Let us find Christ today and give with the generosity with which we want the Lord to give to us.
The one we give to is Christ our friend
Piero Ferrucci, The Power of Kindness
Forgiveness is a positive quality. It contains joy and faith in others, generosity of spirit. Illogical and surprising, sometimes sublime, it frees us from the ancient chains of resentment. Whoever forgives, feels uplifted.
Forgiveness contains joy and faith in others