giving

helping

is necessarily a kind of asking, and all asking is an asking for love.

All giving is asking, and all asking is an asking for love. Freud

Who gives at once gives twice. -Ukrainian

is largely selfish --- If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

is, in fact, a kind of sublime thieving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his. Eric Hoffer

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

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

is not about the shilling I give you, but the warmth that it carries with it from my hand.

It is not the shilling I give you that counts, but the warmth that it carries with it from my hand. Miguel de Unamuno

1s 2roper aim is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.

The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.

is possible without loving, but loving is not possible without giving.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.