If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.

如果你拥有很多,那就捐出你的财富;如果你没有什么,就奉献你的心。

相关名言

We must be aware of the dangers, which lie in our most generous wishes. Some paradox of our nature leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on to make them the objects of our pity, then of our wisdom, ultimately of our coercion.

我们必须意识到存在于我们最慷慨的愿望中的危险。我们天性中的一些矛盾导致我们,一旦我们把我们的同胞作为我们启蒙兴趣的对象,就会继续把他们作为我们怜悯的对象,然后是智慧的对象,最终是强迫的对象。

So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality.

所以我希望他们能养成一种习惯,让他们明白他们的生活是如此的充实,以至于他们能够以各种方式给予他人。我认为这是灵性的底线。

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

我知道向我炫耀财富的人,就像向我炫耀贫穷的乞丐;他们都在向我乞求施舍,富人向我的嫉妒乞求施舍,穷人向我的罪恶乞求施舍。

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

对死亡的恐惧与财富的增长成正比。