Fulke Greville Quotes

Pure generosity emerges when we give without the need for our offering to be received in a certain way. That’s why the best kind of generosity comes from inner abundance, rather than from feeling deficient and hollow, starved for validation.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

My father has been to me a paragon of what actualizing philanthropic potential can be.

The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.

Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves - our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

You make them all [his friends and companions] equal to kings, you give them power and opportunity of making many friends of their own, and in the meantime you leave yourself destitute

Give [charity] without hope or expectation of any return. To give otherwise, indeed, would scarcely be to give at all, but rather a loan.

There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.

And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share.

Seek no praise, no reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than we begin to desire credit for it. No sooner do we give money to some charity than we want to see our names blazoned in the papers. Misery must come as the result of such desires.

Peace we achieve When we do not expect anything From the world, But only give, give, and give Unconditionally What we have and what we are.

We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

Discover the joy of giving and you will discover the reason for living.

Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.

Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.

Give because you love to give - as the flower pours forth its perfume.

When we love and want nothing but good for that person, it's one of the greatest gifts we possess.