La generosidad es el deseo de quien quiere, siguiendo el dictamen de su razón, ayudar a los demás.

Haz todo el bien que puedas, por todos los medios que puedas, de todas las formas que puedas, en todos los lugares que puedas, todas las veces que puedas, a todas las personas que puedas, todo el tiempo que puedas.

Conviene, por una parte ser generoso cuando se da y, por otra, no mostrar dureza en reclamar lo que nos debenen las relaciones de vecindad en la ciudad y en el campo, manifestarse ecuánime, afable, dispuesto a ceder en muchos casos de su propio derecho, manteniéndose siempre alejados de los pleitos.

Para las almas generosas todas las tareas son nobles.

No hay más que uno modo de ser felices: vivir para los demás.

Una persona generosa experimenta placer al dar y compartir sus bienes con los demás sin temor ni egoísmo.

Nadie tiene más amor que el que da su vida por los que ama.

La generosidad no consiste en que me des algo que yo necesito más que tú, sino en darme algo que tú necesitas más que yo.

El que no sirve para servir, no sirve para vivir.

Para las almas generosas, cualquier ocupación es noble.

Ama como puedas, ama a quien puedas, ama todo lo que puedas. No te preocupes de la finalidad de tu amor.

El regalo más grande es dar una parte de ti mismo.

La generosidad no consiste en dar mucho, sino en dar a tiempo.

Con el tiempo y la madurez, descubrirás que tienes dos manos; una para ayudarte a ti misma y otra para ayudar a los demás.

Para mí la generosidad verdadera es así: uno da todo y siempre siente como si no le hubiera costado nada

Uno no ha terminado de vivir el día hasta que no haya hecho algo por otro que nunca te lo pagará

Es en dar que recibimos.

Si alguna vez no te dan la sonrisa esperada, sé generoso y da la tuya. Porque nadie tiene tanta necesidad de una sonrisa, como aquel que no sabe sonreír a los demás.

La generosidad no consiste en que me des algo que yo necesito más que tú, sino en darme algo que tú necesitas más que yo

El regalo más grande es dar una parte de ti mismo

La generosidad consiste en dar antes de que se nos pida

La verdadera generosidad, en relación con el futuro, consiste en dárselo todo al presente

El mejor regalo que le podemos hacer a otro no es sólo compartir nuestras riquezas, sino revelarle las suyas propias.

Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry here and laugh here.' You have to be able to make sense of it all.

I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.

Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the country. If you get injured on the job, good luck getting workers' comp. And God help you if you're poor and mentally ill.

Sooner and later you will see great changes made, dreadful horrors and vengeances. For as the Moon is thus led by its angel, the heavens draw near to the Balance.

Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy.

Who touches money touches dirt and the less religion has to do with it the better.

The song 'Some Other Time...' is full of emotion. In wartime, it had a tremendously poignant feeling.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes.

'Headhunters' was a breakthrough film for me, internationally, and I got offered a lot of scripts from Hollywood - a lot of heightened hero movies.

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.

The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial.

I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'

My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being done or making the next thing that I haven't yet gotten to. That's sort of the constant in my life.

Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for we are their children.

Cancer is awful. It took 10 years until I didn't think about it every day. Nobody should go through this. Nobody.

I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win.

I always have loved the Stradivarius. My teacher, Josef Gingold, he had a Stradivarius. As a treat, he would put it under my chin and let me play a few notes, and I remember that feeling of the overtones, the complexity of the sound. It's like a great wine.

If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.

Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on.

In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.