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For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality can become idealistic and imitative, acting out the image of generosity before it has become genuine.

For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all.

From the fear and constriction that's sort of always pulling us back and keeping us in old modalities, I feel like any expansive act of kindness, thoughtfulness, and generosity, helps tip the scale toward a more conscious, liberated existence for everyone.

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future.

Generosity is giving until it makes you uncomfortable.

Generosity is never out of season.

Generosity is the key to all relationships. To friendships and bands. That's the golden rule.

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence; the other from pride or fear, or from the fact that you cannot take your money with you to the other world.

Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet.

Generosity is also an act of freedom, a casting off of the constraints of prudence and self-interest.

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

Generosity is a practical expression of Love.

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.

Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving of a smile or extending ourselves to really listen to a friend. Paradoxically, even being willing to receive the generosity of others can be a form of generosity.

Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.

Generosity won't happen unless you make it a priority. The best way to make giving a priority is to make it the very first check you write every month. Before the mortgage. Before groceries or clothing. Before saving. Whatever the amount, do it first.

Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.

Generosity is often the stalking horse of control.

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.

Generosity is revolutionary, counter-instinctual. Our survival instinct is to care only for ourselves and our loved ones. But we can transform our relationship to that survival instinct by constantly asking ourselves, ‘How can I use my life’s energy to benefit all living beings?

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Generosity is a lovely attribute, and we only practice it when relationships are more important to us than our possessions.

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.

Generosity is the flower of justice.

Generosity makes us happiest. We'll be happier people when we share, not when we impose, but when we learn from one another. Because when I'm connected to everyone I disappear... in being excellent you lose yourself. And when you're connected to everyone, that's the best thing that can happen.

Generosity should begin lightly and deepen later, fro when it is first rich and then lessens, people forget the kindness. Authority should begin strictly and loosen up later, for if it is loose first and then strict, people will resent the severity.

Give generously. How much is generous? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. If you've never tithed, start there - then begin to stretch your generosity.

Giving is the highest expression of our power.

Give naught, get same. Give much, get same.

Giving is true loving.

Giving is the vital impulse and moral center of capitalism.

Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest in dealing with others, offering praise where it is due, giving comfort and advice where they are needed, and simply sharing one's time with someone - all these are forms of generosity, and they do not require any particular level of material wealth.

Giving is God's way. It is the way that I now understand is the truth of the Universe. Giving multiplies me and makes me feel complete and fulfilled. Giving makes me feel that I make a real and important difference.

Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.

Giving is the business of the rich.

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-caluculated less or more.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

Giving is an essential for spiritual unfoldment, for until we give and give abundantly, we don't really realize that we are not the giver; we are just a channel for giving.

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.