Quote by James Baldwin
It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; th

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be. – James Baldwin

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But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. – James Baldwin

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Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field. – James Baldwin

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Getters dont get — givers get. – Eugene Benge

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Nature does not give to those who will not spend… – R.J. Baughan

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The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live. – Ethel Percy Andrus

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The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. Proverbs 11.25 – Bible

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