Philanthropy should be voluntary.

The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend that dollar…

— Zach Braff

Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.

— James Cook

It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Save the World-ers”

— Kajsa Li Paludan

The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for…

— Frederic Bastiat

Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.

— Mary Livermore

When the idea came up, (Newman's Own) I said, "Are you crazy? Stick my face on the label of salad dressing?" And then, of…

— Paul Newman

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.

— Anonymous

“This is perhaps as good a place as any to point out that what distinguishes many reformers from those who cannot accept their proposals…

— Henry Hazlitt

All philanthropy ... is only a savory fumigation burning at the mouth of a sewer. This incense offering makes the air more endurable to…

— Ellen Key

Generosity is the flower of justice.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“If you move through the world with only your compassion, then you walk on only one leg. But if you move through the world…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light...We…

— George H. W. Bush

“I long to see a radical shift in philanthropy that will come to characterize the 21st century. That is, a reclaiming of the root…

— Valaida Fullwood

“Philanthropy is not about money...its about feeling the pain of others and caring enough about their needs to help.”

— Timothy Pina