Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
Anne FrankRead
People who give will never be poor.
Interpretation
Generosity enriches the giver more than material wealth can.
This quote by Anne Frank highlights the intrinsic value of generosity. It suggests that those who share their resources, time, or kindness with others gain a wealth of experience and fulfillment that far surpasses mere financial wealth, reinforcing the idea that true richness comes from the connections we foster and the love we share through giving.
In practice
In a speech about charity at a fundraiser, one might say this quote to inspire generosity.
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.
I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.
Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.
But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.
When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people. What we are experiencing might best be described as a case of money colonizing life. To accept this absurd distortion of human institutions and purpose should be considered nothing less than an act of collective, suicidal insanity.
thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God and bear the cost.
May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water.
Our Christian witness is authentic when it is faithful and unconditional.
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