Generosity

“That surplus wealth is a sacred trust, to be administered during life by its possessor for the best good of his fellow-men.”

“若然，則先師孔氏，何不生於中州？今四方來學者，道理均平，願獨生於東魯耶？”

“The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.”

“I would think that I've got a lot to offer the world around me.”

“Education—a debt due from present to future generations.”

“I always thought it was fabulous to have given something of my art for someone to express themselves....”

“I had a feeling that a great wave of good will poured out from these people.”

“That subject, handled in your striking manner, would ease the yoke (perhaps) of many;—but if only of one—Gracious God!—what a feast to a benevolent heart!”

“I have all this from geographical books and maps, each composed and printed by the Chinese themselves for each of the provinces.”

“Giving came naturally to me—for which I am fortunate and deeply grateful.”