Quotes About Sharing

I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.

When these impoverished, indebted folk asked him what they should do, he told them to share what little they had with those who were even worse off—an ethic that would become central to Jesus's movement: "Whoever has two shirts must share with him who has none, and whoever has food must do the same."12

But most of the rest of us opt for economy of effort. After all, just about anything tastes good after a hard day of hiking! Start simple, and look to other hikers for ideas. Do not, however, stare into their food pot like a hungry puppy. Be forewarned. Hikers will share advice, stories, and more advice. They will help you set up your tent, get your balky stove to light, and untangle your bear-bagging rope. They will not, as a general rule, share their food.

Taken food from a child.

The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff.

The dogs came racing up the stairs. They danced at Rima's feet, frantic with the need to communicate something to her. Little Timmy's down the well! Feed us ice cream and potato chips! Sometimes there's a benefit to not sharing a language.

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.

Ognuno secondo le sue capacità; a ognuno secondo i suoi bisogni!

When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.

If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had someone to share in his pleasure.

Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what others have developed and taught him.

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.

We were on our way to the twentieth floor, sharing the elevator with two suits that had men inside them.

Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.

So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough.

To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]

Nothing in Man is either worse or better for being shared with the beasts.

It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.

We are certain God's will is that all men share in the good things this earth produces.

But he who truly loves books loves all books alike, and not only this, but it grieves him that all other men do not share with him this noble passion. Verily, this is the most unselfish of loves!

Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. [When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]