"We are rich only through what we..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every noble activity makes room for itself.”

“The near explains the far. The drop is a small ocean. A man is related to all nature. This perception of the worth of the vulgar is fruitful in discoveries. Goethe, in this very thing the most modern of the moderns, has shown us, as none ever did, the genius of the ancients.”

“We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.”

“To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.”

“Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.”

“I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.”

“Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.”

“There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them.”

“It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.”