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title: "5 Generosity Self Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Generosity is self-existing openness, complete openness. You are no longer subject to cultivating your own scheme or project. And the best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chogyam-trungpa/generosity-is-self-existing-openness-complete-openness-you-are-no/)

[Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chogyam-trungpa/)

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> [He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-taylor/he-who-gives-only-what-he-would-as-readily-throw-away-gives-without/)

[Henry Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-taylor/)

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> [Withhold no good impulse. You may fear that you will run to excess and squander too much, but those feelings are born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/withhold-no-good-impulse-you-may-fear-that-you-will-run-to-excess-and/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

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> [Beyond all explanations which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worse and not the better, why hate rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/beyond-all-explanations-which-a-good-brain-can-give-why-do-we-choose/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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> [Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/does-what-s-happened-keep-you-from-acting-with-justice-generosity/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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