I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993
Archive
Quotes
The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.
—Eva Perón, 1949If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
—Mark Twain, 1894The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666