Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service.

Philanthropy requires thought, action, and passion.

American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people.

Philanthropy is an important subject of liberal education because it examines the role of good works in shaping our conceptions of the good society and the good life.

We cannot preserve philanthropic and charitable values if we detach them completely from our fundamental personal beliefs and convictions.

Do we live for or do we live off philanthropy?

We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions.

Take some more tea, " the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly."I've had nothing yet, " Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more." than nothing." opinion, " said Alice.

Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.

I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

It is necessary, in this world, to be made of harder stuff than one's environment.

Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

Take your camera off automatic. You are the photographer.

It's one of those things, when you look back on it, you'd go, "Oh, I could've done without that. If I could go back in time, I would do it different." That's the thing with violence in general.

The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.