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Michelangelo , Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.
Beauty is the purgation
Mary Catherine Bateson, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
Sharing is something more demanding than giving.
Sharing is demanding
Erich Fromm, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
Giving is the highest expression of potency.
Giving is potent
Gershe Sonam Rinchen, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
By "not acceping invitations" we deprive others of the opportunity to practice generosity.
Don't deprive others of generosity
Elizabeth Bibesco, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
Blessed are those who can give without remembering.
Give without remembering
John Chrysostom, Frederic Brussat's Twitter Collection
God waits for the chances we give him to show his great generosity.
God waits for chances
Onye Onyemaechi, The Reinvention of Work
Praise takes all of you. Give it all away. Hold nothing back.
Praise takes all of you
David Steindl-Rast, Music of Silence
Generosity can be contagious in a healthy way. The person who receives gets the message that this is not just a practical quid pro quo exchange. . . . Being generous creates an atmosphere that is more sacred, a sense that the world blesses us in unexpected ways.
Generosity can be contagious in a healthy way
Abraham Twerski, A Code of Jewish Ethics
The average person undoubtedly thinks that an honorable person is one who receives much honor, whereas the Torah's attitude is the reverse: It is the one who gives honor.
An honorable person gives honor
Abraham Twerski, Happiness and the Human Spirit
A rabbi was once sitting with several of his students. He said to one student, "Could you please bring me a cup of coffee with two spoons of sugar?" The student brought the coffee, and the rabbi sipped it slowly, continuing his discourse with the students.
A bit later, the rabbi went into the kitchen himself for coffee, and just as he was about to put the sugar in the coffee, his wife said, "Don't do that! That's salt, not sugar." It turned out that the student had mistaken the salt for sugar and had put two spoons of salt into the rabbi's coffee.
"How could you drink the coffee with all that salt in it?" the rabbi's wife asked.
"What else could I have done?" the rabbi asked. "If I had refused to drink it, that would have embarrassed the student who made the mistake."
This rabbi was a spiritual person.
How could you drink the coffee with all that salt