Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactor.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
"In nature nothing can be given all things are sold.
In nature nothing can be given all things are sold.
"I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
"The only gift is a portion of thyself.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
"The meaning of good and bad of better and worse is simply helping or hurting.
The meaning of good and bad of better and worse is simply helping or hurting.
"Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
