“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.” – Pearl S. Buck

“For it is in giving that we receive.” – St. Francis of Assisi

“You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery.” – Cheryl Strayed

“It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed, the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.” – Kahlil Gibran

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank

“When one loves, one does not calculate.” – St. Therese De Lisieux

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama XIV

“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” – Robert M. Pirsig

“Love is the opposite of power. That’s why we fear it so much.” – Gregory David Roberts

“To be alive at all is to have scars.” – John Steinbeck