"If you give money, spend yourself with..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.”

“Truths and roses have thorns about them.”

“Fishermen, hunters, woodchoppers, and others, spending their lives in the fields and woods, in a peculiar sense a part of Nature themselves, are often in a more favorable mood for observing her, in the intervals of their pursuits, than philosophers or poets even, who approach her with expectation. She is not afraid to exhibit herself to them.”

“The most compassionate form of giving is done with no thought or expectation of reward, and grounded in genuine concern for others.”

“It's better to give ideas away and contribute to another person's success than to have them lying dormant.”

“Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is an imponderably valuable gift. Each of us has a few minutes a day or a few hours a week which we could donate to an old folks home or a children's hospital ward. The elderly whose pillows we plump or whose water pitchers we refill may or may not thank us for our gift, but the gift is upholding the foundation of the universe.”

“The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.”

“Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?”

“When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.”